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National Perspective

Of base closings, taxes: Is battle still red vs. blue?

By Peter S. Canellos
Globe Columnist / August 30, 2005

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WASHINGTON -- The proposed closings of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and the Groton submarine base struck New Englanders as tangible evidence of the shift in political power from the Northeast to the South and Southwest. (Full article: 782 words)

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