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AGGIEk ? vlonday, SeptenilKr* ri HE BATTALION 5 A Monday, September 8, 2003 ’i Voters to consider military-based propositions icxt-door MarissaOi es of keg parties, fe: ions in ;ui attempt io life in the stylish turn plays on and eaehother, their in".- ie\s ers in ;ind gist - c •ouhled lives, is links IxMsveenead' sap-opera type fee Hie OC” has .in T.A. Badger THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Texas voters will be asked Saturday to approve a measure hat supporters say could help |the state’s military installations survive a round of upcoming ase closings. Proposition 20 asks voters to approve a loan fund that base- [dependent communities could try between the os jB t ap to pay for development to senes emanates ..■ m ake them look more attractive n your face. -Niski : Iter to usatcti paint tt rp on tllpplfl' Icti durtr«q 'tTtm#ro*n f nest “Sopronoi’??? if tt. study tt. trttpw«■ PRICING: Men's 10K S‘I49 14K-S573 Women's 10K-S?% 14K-S325 Add $8.00 tor a« or before md 5.‘ out of town *1/1 r E: Nov. 6, 2003 T SIMS 1 of Graduate Studies jgie Ring office qualified, assign you »sociation IER STUDENTS* IRGE BUSH DR., Ito the military. “The military is Texas’ Ibiggest business,” said state ■Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-EI Paso. ■ “That is worth protecting.” Also on the ballot will be ■ Proposition 1, which asks voters to allow the state’s Veterans Land Board to use assets from other programs to operate and maintain nursing homes for vet erans and build new ones. Shapleigh, who chairs the Senate’s subcommittee on base realignment and closure, pegged the economic impact of the state’s bases at $49 billion per year. If approved, Proposition 20 would allow the state to sell bonds to build a loan fund of up to $250 million that cities and counties could use to finance public projects. Michael Dalby, president of the chamber of commerce in San Angelo, home to Goodfellow Air Force Base, said the West Texas city could take out a loan to improve water and sewer lines that serve Goodfellow or buy acreage for Air Force use. “It could help us to have more land available for training and expanded operations,” Dalby said. Improvements would protect Goodfellow’s existing missions and make it more attractive as a place to move assets from shut tered bases, he said. Tom Rumora, director of Brooks City-Base in San Antonio praised Proposition 20’s intentions. “Any financial mechanism that supports military-base efficiency, conversion or redevelopment is a good thing to do,” he said. Rumora said having access to a loan fund could also help lure a coveted, nonmilitary project, such as a national vaccine pro duction center that San Antonio officials would love to have at Brooks, one of the Air Force’s top medical research bases. Opponents of Proposition 20 say there are no assurances that communities that borrow to pay for upgrades won’t end up los ing their bases anyway. In that scenario, they might have a depleted local economy and a big debt on their hands. The Texas Military Preparedness Commission would oversee the loan program. Shapleigh said that potential borrowers would undergo bank like scrutiny by the commission before any money changes hands. 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