MONDAY 6/27 - NF Air Base

[300miles]

BRAC Hearing- What Can You Do?

From WGRZ
Posted by: Nancy Sanders,

The Monday's BRAC field hearing is Western New York's chance to tell the top brass just what the Niagara Air Base means to this community.

Officials are on a very tight schedule but there are things you can do.

AT 7:15AM NIMAC, the Niagara Military Affairs Council, is asking supporters are asked to line the route to the Niagara Falls Air Base with signs and banners. They need people to stand anywhere they chose along Packard and Lockport Rds. from Military Rd. to the base entrance. Local volunteer firemen will line the North side of Lockport Rd. with their equipment. Others are aksed to line the South side of the street.

AT 11:00AM There will be a rally from outside the UB Center for the Arts before the hearings.

The New York portion of the field hearing will be held from 1:00 to 3:00pm at the UB Center for the Arts.


1:00 - 2:00 Niagara Air Reserve Station (all relevant witnesses sit together on a dais for the duration of the hour)

1:00 - 1:05 Governor Pataki testifies on behalf of NYS

1:05 - 1:10 Senator Schumer testifies on behalf of NYS

1:10 - 1:15 Senator Clinton testifies on behalf of NYS

1:15 - 1:45 Niagara Military Affairs Council testifies on behalf of NFARS

1:45 - 1:50 Congresswoman Slaughter testifies on behalf of NFARS

1:50 - 1:55 Congressman Reynolds testifies on behalf of NFARS

1:55 - 1:57 Congressman Higgins testifies on behalf of NFARS

[Boost Buffalo]

Originally posted by 300miles


From WGRZ
Posted by: Nancy Sanders,

The Monday's BRAC field hearing is Western New York's chance to tell the top brass just what the Niagara Air Base means to this community.



why would BRAC concern themselves with the impact on the community? These guys are positioning to enhance the military, not our community. To claim WNY needs the airbase for our economical reasons isnt going to save the day.

[300miles]

they aren't going to talk about the economic need for the base, they're going to try to convice them keeping the base in NF is a better decision for the military.

The base has been identified for expansion for years, and even this recent list of closures did not include NF until the very end when some late decisions were made.

[300miles]

Hundreds Greet BRAC Commissioners
WBEN Newsroom - Monday, June 27, 2005 07:52 AM

Niagara Falls, NY (WBEN) - Hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of supporters lined the roads leading to the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station this morning, in a massive show of support for the military installation.

Four members of the federal Base Realignment and Closure committee toured the station this morning, and were greeted by supporters holding signs along Lockport and Packard Roads.

The supporters are trying to convince the BRAC commissioners that Niagara County's largest employer is vital not only to the region, but to the country's military strength, as well.

The commissioners will also hold court at a hearing at U.B.'s Amherst campus this afternoon. They are expected to hear from dozens of speakers, including local Congressional representatives Tom Reynolds, Brian Higgins, and Louise Slaughter, and U.S. Senator Hilllary Clinton.

The commission's job is to go over the list of military base closings suggested by the Pentagon, and forward their recommedations to the President later this year.

[WNYresident]

Hundreds, and perhaps thousands

Anyone have a real idea how many people showed?

[300miles]

Originally posted by WNYresident
Anyone have a real idea how many people showed?
The Buffalo News listed approx 2500 along the route to the base, and approx 2000 at UB Amherst.