Stop the F-35

by Press Release | April 17, 2012
http://vtdigger.org/2012/04/17/u-s-air-force-to-hold-public-hearings-abo...

RELEASE 12-16
MONDAY, 17 APRIL 2012
POC: LT COL LLOYD J. GOODROW
PHONE: (802) 338-3324
CELL: (802) 233-1805

(This release is being sent as a courtesy to the United States Air Force’s Air Combat Command)

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ANNOUNCES NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT F-35 OPERATIONAL BASING

From Christopher Hutchins of Hartford Bring Our War Dollars Home:

This is the Resolution that just passed through the city council of Hartford!

RESOLUTION

A resolution of the city council of Hartford, CT calling upon the US
government and President Obama to Bring Our War Dollars Home Now

Whereas, the economic collapse has exhausted the financial resources at the
local, county, state and federal levels of the US; and

Whereas, the US government since
2001 has spent well over 1 trillion dollars nationally on the wars and

New fighter jets Canada plans to buy will be more than $100 million each — at least $25 million more per plane than government estimates — according to a top U.S. budget watchdog.

Conservative government officials have said 65 new joint strike fighters being built to replace Canada's F-18 jets will cost about $75 million each, about $9 billion with training and an additional $200-$300 million a year in maintenance.

See the full story at http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/03/29/cv-f35-costs.html

By CHRISTOPHER DREW, The NY Times
In a sign that more than half the Republican freshmen are willing to cut military spending, the House voted 233 to 198 on Wednesday to cancel an alternate fighter jet engine that the Bush and Obama administrations had tried to kill for the last five years.

The vote was another instance in which some of the new legislators, including several affiliated with the Tea Party, broke ranks with the House speaker, John A. Boehner, Republican of Ohio, where the engine provided more than 1,000 jobs.

Check out this video of the public forum on the Militarization of Burlington, held Jan 20th, 20010 at Burlington city hall.

Thanks as always to CCTV for providing great local coverage. See the original video on their site at http://www.cctv.org/node/102233