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Resident warns of Air Force spending cuts and questions school-construction costs
Summary
Edwin Boone urged attention to regional economic impacts from reported Air Force spending declines and criticized alleged high local costs associated with school construction, citing specific dollar figures and urging fiscal scrutiny.
Edwin Boone addressed the council with two connected concerns: a cited report on an Air Force spending reduction that he said would reduce local economic activity, and what he described as large expenditures tied to local school construction supervision and overtime. Reading a headline he said was from the Daily Press, Boone referenced an Air Force report documenting a multiyear spending decline and warned that the Tidewater area could see reduced spending from Langley.
Boone also alleged specific local cost figures tied to two school projects — citing $5,000,000 for supervision, an additional $1,300,000 for overtime and a $200,000 payment tied to land — and framed the spending as a misuse of taxpayer dollars. He urged voters to elect fiscally responsible council members and singled out a candidate he said would oppose such payouts.
