Former chair of the Potrero Planning Board
Former chair of the Potrero Planning Board, which advises the County of San Diego
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Gordon Hammers
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FROM Gordon Hammers
Which Way, L.A.?
Will Blackwater come to California? Potrero is a mountain town forty-five miles east of San Diego . It’s near where Blackwater Worldwide wants to build a training camp with eleven firing ranges, a driving track and a helipad. Blackwater says it will go ahead, even after yesterday’s local election in which Portrero voters recalled five planning board members . The margin of dis-favor was between 63 and 70%.
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