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Airport Coalition May Lose Key Member

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-The City of Orange was once in favor of converting the closed El Toro Marine Base into a commercial airstrip, but a majority of its city council is now planning to bolt from the ranks of other municipalities that support the plan.

By David W. Myers | Updated on June 07, 2001

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-The City of Orange, once among the biggest proponents of converting the closed El Toro Marine Base into a commercial airport, may soon pull out of an influential pro-airport coalition.

The North County community is an original member of the Orange County Regional Airport Authority, a group of cities that supports the conversion. But voters in the city elected anti-airport activist Carolyn V. Cavecche to their City Council earlier this week, which means three of the body’s five members now oppose the conversion plans.

Cavecche wasn’t available for comment Thursday, but Orange councilman Mike Alvarez—who also opposes the airport idea—says the city may soon yank its support from the coalition. “I think we could pull out [of the Airport Authority] within the next 30 days,” he says.

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