I would remind Mr. Levesque of the MRRA that before he pats himself on the back for paying back what he owes the U. S. Navy that those assets he is selling and leasing were bought, and paid for by the U. S. taxpayers and written off by the Navy the minute they were built.

Any money gained by their sale or lease should be credited to the U. S. taxpayer and not the Navy. That includes all of the revenue being generated.

I would also remind Mr. Levesque that he has also spent nearly $200 million in grants and many more millions to come in state subsidies. If they had followed advice in 2007 when they were first getting started with this government fiasco it would have cost only $30 million to leave it like they found it and anyone buying or developing the land would have not needed any more taxpayer money to do so.

Fred Blanchard
Brunswick