12/29/05
White County News-Telegraph
Stop I-3 partners with
green group: I-3 opponents can make tax-free donations
12/19/05
Athens Banner-Herald
I-3
opponents too late to fight for mountains
11/14/05
Newsweek
Once
Unique, Soon a Place Like Any Other
11/9/05
Smoky Mountain Sentinel
Commissioners:
Ive learned more, Im not for (Interstate
3).
11/04/05, Greenwire
Epic battle looms over
coast-to-mountains highway proposal
11/2/05
Creative Loafing
Road
Rage
10/27/05
The Gainesville Times
Critics:
New interstate a waste of funds
10/4/05
NPR's "Morning Edition"
Mountain
Interstate Plans Raise Alarm
10 or 11, 2005
The Cherokee Scout
Two editorials:
I-3 not right for our area
Don't get fooled by the rhetoric
9/14/05
Smoky Mountain News
I-3
planning process shrouded in ambiguity
9/12/05
AccessNorthGa.com
Stop
I-3 Coalition says Congress should use funds for Katrina relief
9/8/05
White County News-Telegraph
'Boondoggle'
9/7/05
St Petersburg Times
From
disaster to disgrace
9/6/05
WSB-TV, Channel 2
Partial transcript of interview
re Interstate 3
9/2/05
Savannah Morning News
Detour
highway bill
9/2/05
Towns County Sentinel
"STOP I-3" presented
to Rotarians
8/31/05
Georgia ForestWatch
Our back yards must get
bigger if the Stop I-3 fight is to succeed
8/29/05
The New York Times
Destroying
the National Parks
8/28/05
The Gainesville Times
I-3
should not be built just to carry nuclear materials
8/28/05
White County News-Telegraph
Interstate 3 opponents ask
why
8/26/05
White County News-Telegraph
Our
View
8/24/05
The Gainesville Times
Chambliss takes no stance
on mountain interstate
8/24/05
The Gainesville Times
I-3 opponents say politicians
invited to rally, but most didn't show
8/23/05
The Toccoa Record
Norwood
holds closed meeting
8/22/05
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Opposition
lines road to proposed interstates
8/12/05
The Northeast Georgian
Norwood says no I-3
route being considered
8/11/05
The Clayton Tribune
Norwood: Wait and see on I-3
8/10/05
Asheville Citizen-Times
Not
so fast on this whole I-3 thing
8/8/05
Asheville Citizen-Times
Interstate
3 study stirs WNC protest - Residents organize to fight road
plan
8/7/05
The Gainesville Times
Plans
for interstate again threaten our mountains' beauty
8/5/05
The Northeast Georgian
Highway bill to help fund Cornelia corridor
widening
8/5/05
The Knoxville News Sentinel
Williams:
Stand against destructive
I-3
8/4/05
White County News - Telegraph
White County Commission rejects
I-3 plan
7/31/05
Gwinnett Daily Post
New
interstate through the South has growing opposition
7/31/05
St. Petersburg Times
Interstate
is to mountains what drilling is to the gulf
7/30/05
WMAC-AM
Plan
For New SE Interstate Meetings With Opposition
7/29/05
Anderson Independent-Mail
I-3 study receives funding
boost
7/27/05
Chattooga Quarterly
Editorial
by Buzz Williams
7/27/05
Chattooga Quarterly
Interstate
3
7/24/05
Athens Banner-Herald
Reactions
mixed to proposed interstates
7/23/05
Anderson Independent-Mail
I-3 study on the way to President's
desk
7/14/05
The Clayton Tribune
Commissioners: No interstate
7/13 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mountains
no place for interstate
7/13/05
The Northeast Georgian
I-3: Just say 'no'
7/9/05
Rabun commissioners declare unanimous opposition to Interstate.
7/6/05
Smoky Mountain News
6/28/05
The Northeast Georgian
Stop I-3 Coalition encourages writing letters
to congressmen
6/24/05
The Northeast Georgian
Commission says 'no' to I-3
6/17/05
The Knoxville News Sentinel
Are we ready for another interstate?
6/3/05
The Northeast Georgian
Interstate 3 route study could begin soon
2/28/05
Virginia's New Economy
The Shape
of the Future: Interstate Crime
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6/28/05, The Northeast Georgian
Re-published with permission
Stop I-3 Coalition encourages writing letters to congressmen
by Kimberly Brown
The Stop I-3 Coalition had its second working meeting on
Sunday at Nacoochee Presbyterian Church in White County. The
coalition met to review research committee reports from the
committees that formed during its first meeting, and to discuss
future plans.
During the meeting, it was pointed out that the bill that
would enact the study for the proposed interstate already
has been approved by the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate. It
is now in conference committee, where the House and Senate
bills will be combined to go ultimately to President Bush
for signature. Sen. Johnny Isakson and Congressman John Barrow
from Athens are the Georgia representatives on the conference
committee preparing the bill, which includes the I-3 study.
"It is important for everyone to write to their congressmen,
to express any concerns you may have," said Elizabeth
Wells, one of the co-chairs of the coalition.
Wells pointed out that it is especially important to make
concerns known to Barrow and Isakson, because of their role
in the conference committee.
Johnny Isakson may be reached via phone at 202-224-3643,
via a Web form at or by mail at 120 Russell Senate Office
Building, Washington, DC 20510.
John Barrow may be reached via phone at 202-225-2823, via
a Web form at or by mail at 226 Cannon House Office Building,
Washington, DC 20515.
Anyone interested in joining the Stop I-3 Coalition, or
who would like further information may send an e-mail to stopi_3@yahoo.com
[now stopi3@alltel.net].
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