Monterey, CA Veteran's Cemetery Will Be Built On Old Fort Ord Site
by Richard Kuehn on 10/16/13
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Seaside And Soledad California
It was a close call,
but yesterday's deadline to come up with $2.6 million in funding to build the
cemetery on the old Fort
Ord site was met. The mysterious $1
million did come in as planned, but it was not via a donation. State Assembly Speaker John Perez funneled $1
million out of the state Assembly's budget and into the cemetery's endowment
fund. State Senator Bill Monning
(Demcocrat, Carmel) put out a news release praising Perez. "I want to thank the speaker for his
support to build this cemetery and for his commitment to prioritize veterans
issues," said Senator Monning. I
served in the Army at Fort Ord and can't think of a better use for the
land. Now another difficult task is
ahead. In order to meet the deadline of
a grant, the endowment fund had to borrow $300,000. If you would like to help, click here.
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