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In the News

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: “I’ve learned more, I’m 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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