This little gem from our city....The privatization of the Military just keeps going
OTAY MESA – A federal judge ruled yesterday that Blackwater Worldwide can open its Navy training center in Otay Mesa, despite San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders' attempt to first require public hearings on the controversial project.
Blackwater Vice President Brian Bonfiglio said the company will begin holding training sessions there today. The company had hoped to open the center as early as Monday.
"We all really felt that since we followed the rules from the very beginning, this was what would be decided," Bonfiglio said.
Sanders said he will obey the ruling. "I relied on the city attorney's advice, and we lost," he said.
The military training contractor has leased a 61,600-square-foot warehouse in a business park three blocks from the U.S.-Mexico border near Brown Field. It has installed a shooting range, a simulated Navy ship and classrooms for counter-terrorism training.
Blackwater in SD
U.S. District Judge Marilyn Huff is a Bush appointee.
Just sayin...
...and since when is the Navy unable to train it's own members?
About eight years ago I guess.
We had a Naval Training center, But they shut it down to sell the prime real estate to a local developer.