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San Diegans Debate Blackwater Welcome

Blackwater USA is a private military contractor with a big role in Iraq. Now, in the rural community of Potrero -- a backcountry community in San Diego County -- people are getting riled up over now-

The company has chosen a site three miles north of Potrero for an 824-acre training facility.

The training ground would have 15 shooting ranges, an ammunition storage armory, a helicopter pad, a vehicle track and other military appurtenances. County government is working with Blackwater, which has hired a well-connected local lobbyist. But opposition has surfaced from more than half of Portero's registered voters. Would the Blackwater USA military facility be good or bad for the back country?

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  • Gordon Hammers , Potrero Planning Group Chairman, who supports the project.
  • Duncan McFetridge , Descanso resident, who heads ‘Save Our Forest and Ranchlands’, and is opposed to the facility.

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