Few remember that it was Diane Feinstine that started San Francisco's
Fleet Week and took huge criticism for it. The GOP picked the bases to
close since they were in charge. Geez, even Boxer tried to stop the
base closures.

Some consider buying expensive hardware independent of functionality
or need a requirement of being pro-military. [Like building a missile
defense system that doesn't quite work, when a delay of a year or two
would shake out the bugs.] Dellums fought for veterans rights and
military pay, which I would consider pro-military as well. It's a
matter of whose side you are on. That is, the military contractors or
the foot soldiers.


Merlin Dorfman wrote in message ...
user ) wrote:
: Awesome photos! Brings back a lot of memories. They never should have
: kicked the Navy out of Moffett, I did 8 years there. You can thank
: dellums and feinstein for that!

I'm amazed nobody has jumped on this. It's remotely possible
that you can thank Dellums and Feinstein for making the Navy want to
leave the Bay Area (Hunters Point, Mare Island, Alameda, etc.), but
the fact is that by the time he retired Dellums and the military
actually got along very well--some change on the military's part but
mostly Dellums understanding that the military is not a bunch of baby
killers. Feinstein actually has gotten along well with the military,
starting when she was mayor of San Francisco and continuing during
her time in the Senate. She tried hard to get the Missouri home-
ported in San Francisco when it was still in service.
Ultimately, though, it's the cost of living in the Bay Area
that makes it unwise to to ask military personnel to try to live
there on their pay. The Navy was happy to accept closing of all Bay
Area facilities as part of BRAC.