They're back! Blackwater, which recently abandoned a plan to build a training facility outside Potrero, in rural San Diego County, now wants to set up shop in an existing building in Otay Mesa, near the border crossings at Tijuana and Otay Mesa.
I searched DKos for other diaries on this, but I didn't see anything.
The San Diego Union-Tribune has a story on their website about this:
Blackwater Worldwide is planning to open an indoor training facility in Otay Mesa after abandoning a controversial proposal to build a training center for law enforcement and the military on an East County chicken ranch.
Brian Bonfiglio, a Blackwater vice president, confirmed the facility will operate out of a 61,600-square-foot building on Siempre Viva Road, just south of Brown Field. Further details about the company's plans are expected later.
Kelly Broughton, director of the city of San Diego's development services department, said Blackwater applied for a permit in February to make improvements to the building. The permit was approved March 19.
Broughton said the building was already permitted for use as a vocational trade school, and Blackwater's training activities would fall within that category.
According to the map they have, the new site is nearer populated areas (near Brown Field airport). There's not a lot of detail in the article, and I know I can't add much. Has anyone else heard anything?