12/12/07, Knoxville News Sentinel
DOE
incinerator down as waste concerns go up
12/7/07,
The Daily News Journal
Europe should
handle its own nuclear waste
10/19/07
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The
profit-hungry in Ga. soon might thirst
9/20/07
Towns County Herald
Letter from Paul Broun, US Rep, 10th District, GA
9/11/07
Columbia County News-Times
Comments
omitted sponsorship of CLEAR Act, 'could mislead' on I-3
From U.S. Rep. Paul C. Broun
8/28/07
The Northeast Georgian
Come Together Now to Stop a Potential
Disaster
8/24/07
Winston-Salem Journal
Transportation
Crisis
08/16/07
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Commuter
rail part of solution
6/2/07
Many reasons, one message: "Leave
Our Mountains Alone!"
1/12/07
The Northeast Georgian
Highway 17 is a treasure and should
be preserved
11/20/06
Metro Pulse (Knoxville)
North
Shore Road, I-3 are "Nowhere"
10/11/06
Cherokee Sentinel
Interstate
3: Not dead yet
1/26/06
White County News-Telegraph
Billy Jenkins' I-3 route? Horrible
1/26/06
White County News-Telegraph
I-3 is all about ... Chinese
imports?
1/26/06
White County News-Telegraph
Protests might alter I-3 route
12/20/05 - Athens Banner-Herald
Proposed
Interstate 3 would hinder growth
10/17/05
The Gainesville Times
Rebuild
for the residents, not political pork, profits
10/18/05
The Northeast Georgian
Time to rechannel money
10/16/05
Interstate-3: The Impact on Our Neotropical
Migratory Birds
10/8/05
White County News-Telegraph
Spend some of gas tax money on
economically viable projects
10/8/05
White County News-Telegraph
Do interstates really bring new
business?
10/8/05
White County News-Telegraph
Save mountains for future generations
to enjoy
10/4/05
The Northeast Georgian
Use I-3 money to help Gulf Coast
9/29/05
Towns County Sentinel
Letter to the Editor
9/16/05
The Northeast Georgian
Who wants proposed interstate and
why?
9/7/05
White County News-Telegraph
Reasons for interstate are not justified
9/5/05
The Gainesville Times
Do not shift nuclear transit to
other highways
8/22/05
Biker Outraged
7/7/05
The Clayton Tibune
Our True Wealth
7/5/05
The Northeast Georgian
Pull together to defeat I-3
6/24/05
The Northeast Georgian
Use I-3 money to address safety
6/24/05
The Northeast Georgian
Interstate will increase pollution
and traffic
6/23/05
White County News-Telegraph
Stop 1-3 Before It Gets Started
6/10/05
The Northeast Georgian
I-3: Just say "no"
6/10/05
The Northeast Georgian
Interstate 3 is unneeded, unwanted
6/10/05
The Northeast Georgian
Don't let interstate rip through
county
6/7/05
The Northeast Georgian
Why spoil a good thing?
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Our True Wealth
Letter to the Editor
Clayton Tribune, July 7, 2005
I hope everyone can attend the Co. Commission meeting this
Thursday night. While we are enjoying our cool summer here
our leaders and representatives in Washington are meeting
with their corporate cohorts to decide again what's good for
us. This time it's a new interstate highway from Savannah
through Rabun County to Knoxville.
For the powerful and the rich politics is the serious business
of manipulating power and money. For the other 95% of us it
is an opportunity, a forum, even an obligation, to speak truth
to power and money. Part of that truth is this: the true wealth
of our community here in Rabun County is the health of our
environment and our relationship to it. This interstate will
cut right through our mountains, separating still one more
part from another, exacting one more dismemberment of our
national heritage. Is this good for us in Rabun County, good
for our region, good for our nation?
In a democracy we are often called upon to make personal
sacrifices for the greater good. But these mountains are a
precious good for the whole nation. All but the most cynical
would admit that the works of God are good. And these mountains
are certainly part of His good work. For all we know it might
be an essential part. It's only self delusion to think that
we can steal just this little bit away for ourselves and He
won't mind, or notice. We are not the Lords of Creation, but
its children. The Bible says our special relationship is to
be caretakers of His Creation.
Here's an opportunity to be so: go to that meeting. Listen
with an open heart. Stand up and bear witness to our responsibility
as caretakers of this marvelous piece of Creation we call
home.
Laurence Holden
Warwoman Valley
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