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California Quelches Plans to Transform Marine Base into Homes

Voice of OC reveals dimming hope for Irvine's 'Great Park' project.

(SALEM) - The story of the proposed redevelopment of the old El Toro Marine base in Irvine, California is beginning to match our predictions from more than three years ago.

The effort was bogus from day one; the base is packed with toxic chemicals and their residue and no sensible person would consider living even close to it, let alone 'on' the old wreck of a base.

Marine`s Homicide Rejected by `Scientific Journals`

Convincing evidence in a scientific paper by two forensic experts of the murder of Colonel James E. Sabow rejected by leading forensic journals.

(SALEM) - The difference between homicide and suicide can sometimes be a close call, requiring extensive pathological review and crime scene reconstruction.

However, the violent death of Marine Colonel James E. Sabow at MCAS El Toro on January 22, 1991, was a clear case of homicide. For those with knowledge of the cold case, this isn’t even a close call.

White House Backs Chemical Industry Against Kids, Stalling EPA Hazard Reviews of Toxic Chemicals Like TCE, Indefinitely

Obama is playing with fire, placing millions of Americans at risk and harming efforts to curb current problems.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Corporate polluters won two big victories recently, but you only heard about one. That was president Obama's decision to block EPA from issuing cleaner smog standards.

You didn't hear about the second because, according to multiple sources, the White House worked behind the scenes to stop EPA from issuing a hazard assessment of the cancer-causing chemical TCE – and is working to effectively shut down the EPA’s program for assessing the hazards of chemicals... seriously.

A Few Good Men, Too Many Chemicals

An eBook by Tim King and Robert O’Dowd tackles the environmental contamination at former MCAS El Toro and Camp Lejeune, including the murder of a senior Marine Corps officer at El Toro. The book is scheduled for release in October/November 2011.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A Few Good Men, Too Many Chemicals tells the story of the thousands of veterans, their families and civilian workers at former MCAS El Toro and Camp Lejeune.

At one time, these were two of the most hazardous military installations in the U.S.

Ground Penetrating Technology Used to Locate Agent Orange Drums

Ground penetrating technology is being used to locate buried Agent Orange drums at Camp Carroll, Korea. The same technology could be used to find TCE/PCE drums buried at former MCAS El Toro.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - The U.S. Army and the Korean government are using ground penetrating technology to locate hundreds of barrels of 55 gallon drums of Agent Orange and other chemicals at Camp Carroll, South Korea, according The Korea Herald.

The same technology can be used by the U.S. Navy, responsible for remediation at former MCAS El Toro, to locate the buried drums of TCE/PCE.

Todd Spitzer: Irvine`s Great Park Fiasco M.I.A. Politico

Former OC Supervisor, Assistant DA, State Assemblyman, And Macho Man Victims’ Rights Advocate Is Asleep At The Political Watchdog Wheel.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - An Open Letter To Todd Spitzer

Hello, Todd? Is there anybody in there? Just nod once if you can hear me, ok? The dream that was, it just doesn’t even remotely resemble this messy interlude. The old reverie’s kaput, and taxpayers are NOT comfortably numb, we’re really angry and frustrated and confused and wondering who’ll rescue us...

Can Erin Brockovich Rescue the Marines?

Brockovich has penned a fictional thriller about industrial contamination called, "Rock Bottom".

(SALEM, Ore.) - The old Marine air base at El Toro is a rotting toxic mess that politicians & businesses have tried in vain to manipulate into a park and subdivision.

Marines need the hand of a star player, and Erin Brockovich could really help.

EPA`s Superfund Website Can Save Veteran`s Lives

Veterans are not provided the choice of military assignments.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Thousands of veterans and their dependents lived and worked on military installations that are now listed as EPA Superfund sites.

Former MCAS El Toro was once a proud Marine aviation base; today it is a demolished wreck. The soil and groundwater was terribly polluted over the years and many have paid the ultimate price over it.

Twentieth Anniversary of Cold-Blooded Murder Passes

Marine Corps Colonel’s murder reported as a suicide, but forensic evidence supports murder and a government cover-up.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - Twenty years ago this month, Colonel James Sabow, USMC, answered the telephone in his quarters at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California. “Hello, Colonel Sabow. This is Colonel Sabow.”

These were the last words that Sally Sabow heard her husband speak as she closed the front door of their home to attend an early morning weekday Mass in Santa Ana.

MCAS El Toro: Evidence Supports Cover-Up of Toxic Deadly Well Contamination

“Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans” -Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997)

(IRVINE, Calif.) - I don’t believe in ghosts. If I ran into one or two, maybe I’d change my mind. The stories of lights in MCAS El Toro’s control tower when the power was cut off in July 1999 may be just someone’s wild imagination, but maybe they're the ghosts of Marines who served on the base and returned to haunt the place.

No question there’s good reasons for haunting the former base.