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What
You Can Do
 Sharing
your time and talents
with the Stop I-3 Coalition
The Coalition has ongoing, short-term, and one-time needs
that our volunteers ably step up and fill, enabling the
organization to be even more effective in its work. We
would like to know about your interests and talents so
we may contact you as the need for them arises. Positions
include monitoring news sources for transportation related
articles, coordinating events, and networking with elected
and government officials.
The Stop I-3 Coalition appreciates your support, whether
that has been signing a petition, responding to an action
alert, writing a letter to your newspaper editor, or giving
money. You have helped make a difference in stopping
this road. Thank you for considering giving more.
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ACTION ALERT: Urge Congress to Act Now on Interstate 3! |
Dear Stop I-3 Coalition supporter:
The Requests for Proposals (RFP) for the study of the proposed Interstate 3 may be issued as soon as this fall. It’s crucial that the contractors bidding on this project know that many legislators in this area oppose Interstate 3.
If you are a Stop I-3 Coalition supporter represented by Senator Lamar Alexander or Representatives Paul Broun or Health Shuler, please e-mail them NOW. Ask that they write a letter stating their opposition to the Third Infantry Division Highway (commonly called I-3) that is proposed to run through their district. Their letter should be mailed to Mary E. Peters, Secretary of Transportation, with a copy to the newly confirmed Director of the Federal Highway Administration, Thomas Madison. Multiple changes in personnel in the Federal Highway Administration mean that new staff members must be educated on our position on I-3 as they put together the Requests for Proposals for the contractors.
If writing Representative Heath Shuler, North Carolina 11th District, or Senator Lamar Alexander, Tennessee, thank them for their opposition to the Third Infantry Division Highway and ask them to write this letter to be attached to the proposal. If writing Congressman Paul Broun, Georgia 10th District, remind him of his campaign promise in the last election to oppose I-3, and that he has long promised to write this letter and send us a copy to post on the Stop I-3 web site.
These congressmen are home in their districts during this summer recess. Talking with them about the issue face to face can have a big impact.
With the Georgia Senators who are eager for the study to begin, please write them (Senators Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss) to remind them that they have often said that I-3 will not go through any county that has passed a resolution against the highway. We want to confirm that this is still their position. If you see either of them in person while they are on recess, try to get them to make this promise in the hearing of a newsperson—on the record. Remember, Saxby Chambliss is running for re-election and will be campaigning near most Georgians sometime between now and November.
To send an e-mail go www.congress.org and follow the instructions to contact your Representative or Senator. Thank you for your action on this important matter.
Sincerely,
Lucy Bartlett and the Stop I-3 Coalition Board of Directors
A sample letter to Senator Isakson:
Dear Senator Isakson,
When you and I talked in Clayton last fall, you promised me that I-3 (officially, The Third Infantry Division Highway) would not go through any county that had formally resolved against the highway. The Rabun County Commissioners long ago resolved that they did not want this highway as did the governments of Habersham, Towns, White, and Lumpkin Counties in Georgia; Clay and Macon in North Carolina; the city of Highlands, NC; and the Southwestern North Carolina Planning and Economic Development Commission.
Do you still intend to make sure that the highway does not pass through any area that has passed a resolution against it?
Sincerely,
Lucy E. Bartlett
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Help
Circulate the Stop I-3 Brochure!
You can either download a pdf
copy here
or
request printed copies by filling out the form
below:
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BURMA SHAVE SIGNS
The Stop I-3 Coalition has some great Burma
Shave Sign sets available
for your yard or pasture fence and yard
signs (16" x 24") with our name and
web address to place in your yard to show your
support of stopping I-3. For more information
or to order your signs call Sandy Lyndon at 706.754.0046
or email her at sandy@bbinc.org
Below is the list of logos to choose from:
The wildlife calls
Out to the brave
This is my home
You must save
STOP I-3
Roll the dice
Wait and see
Will they take
My home from me?
STOP I-3
From the Mountains
To the Sea
Protect the beauty
That we see
STOP I-3 |
That little store
Where I bought gas
Is now a concrete
Overpass.
STOP I-3
They took my house
They took my bed
They took the
Whole darn watershed!
STOP I-3
The wildlife needs
The water clean
Fields and meadows
And trees of green
STOP I-3
This freeway is
A thing to stop
Proclaim it from
The mountaintop!
STOP I-3 |
I used to gaze
At pretty stars.
But now the lights
Are trucks and cars!
STOP I-3
Smoky Mountains
Will be lost.
The smoke will soon
Be truck exhaust!
STOP I-3
So we get there
A little late
We do not need
An interstate
STOP I-3 |
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Donate to the Stop I-3 Coalition
Thank
you for choosing to make a donation
to the Stop I-3 Coalition.
Simply Click the "Donate" button
below.
If you prefer to send a
check, please make payable to the Stop I-3
Coalition and send to:
Stop I-3 Coalition
c/o Ginny Heckel
1074 Arbor Drive
Lakemont, GA 30552
Thanks
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What else . . .
- Monitor the Federal Highway Administration website
for the I-3/I-14 studies as they progress:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/sec1927corridors.htm
- Find your legislators' addresses at: www.congress.org . Type in your zip code and all the info's there!
Personal letters or phone calls are most effective
(rather than e-mail).
- Buy a bumper sticker/ window sticker for $1.00.
Call Kathy Williams at 706-878-3349.
- Get a group of folks together in your county
to ask your Commissioners to oppose I-3.
Write your Congressmen now!
Here's an easy way to find the emails, postal addresses,
and phone numbers of the federal and state legislators
for your area in three easy steps:
1. First, look up your
9-digit zip code, by going to http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
2. Then go to http://votesmart.org/index.htm,
enter your zip code on the side bar, and click "go" to
find the legislators for your federal and state districts.
You'll get a web page listing the names of your US
and State legislators. For example, if you enter 30571-2710
(for Sautee Nacoochee), you get:
CURRENT OFFICIALS
U.S. Senate
Senator C. Saxby Chambliss Senior Seat - (Republican)
Senator John H. 'Johnny' Isakson Junior Seat - (Republican)
U.S. House
Representative Nathan Deal District 9 - (Republican)
United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Court Information
Eleventh Circuit Judges
Federal District Courts in Georgia
Court Information
District Court Judges
Georgia Senate
Senator Chip Pearson District 51 - (Republican)
Georgia House of Representatives
Representative Charles Jenkins District 8 - (Democrat)
3. Now,
just click on one of the representatives' names to
get mailing address, email, and websites. Click on
their email address and let them know how you feel
about current issues related to I-3. Thanks for your
participation!!
Letters should be snail mailed, faxed or emailed.
Stress that that I-3 from Savannah to Knoxville through
North Georgia is not needed, will cause major environmental
damage, and will be very expensive to build ($25 million
per mile plus land acquisition).
Be sure to address the legislators as The Honorable
________ and the second line of the address should
include the committee. For all Senators, the city line
is Washington, DC 20510. All House members: Washington,
DC 20515.
GA Congressmen
The Honorable Johnny Isakson, 120 Russell Senate Office
Building, fax # 202-224-3643
The Honorable Saxby Chambliss, 416 Russell Senate Office
Building, fax # 202-224-3521
The Honorable Charlie Norwood, 2452 Rayburn House Office
Building, fax # 202-225-4104
The Honorable John Barrow, 226 Cannon House Office
Building, fax # 202-225-2823
NC Congressmen
The Honorable Heath Shuler, 339 Cannon Office Building
, fax # 202-226-6422
The Honorable Elizabeth Dole, 555 Dirksen Senate Office
Building, fax # 202-224-1100
The Honorable Richard Burr , 217 Russell Senate Office
Building, fax # 202-228-2981
Key members of the House Committee on Transportation
Republicans |
Democrats |
Don Young (AK), Chair, 2111
Rayburn House Office Building, 202-225-5765 |
James L. Oberstar (Ranking Democrat)
(MN), 2365 Rayburn House Office Building, 202-225-2365 |
Howard Cole (NC), 2468 Rayburn
House Office Building, 202-225-3065 |
Tim Holden (PA), 2417 Rayburn
House Office Building
202-225-5546 or 202-226-0996
zip: 20515 |
Robin Hayes (NC), 130 Cannon
House Office Building, 202-225-3715 |
Lincoln Davis (TN), 410 Cannon
House Office Building, 202-225-6831 |
Henry E. Brown, Jr. (SC), 1124
Longworth House Office Building, 202-225-8611 |
Ben Chandler (KY), 1504 Longworth
House Office Buiding, 202-225-4704 |
*Lynn A. Westmoreland (GA),
1118 Longworth House Office Building, 202-225-5901 |
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Senators' addresses: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Representatives' addresses: http://www.house.gov/writerep/ |
REQUEST INFORMATION OFF-LINE:
SPREAD THE WORD! STOP I-3 now has a box for exchanging
post mail information
and a volunteer to handle this process!
Please tell any friends who need access to our research
information or other documents on paper to write to:
STOP I-3
P.O. Box 216
Sautee-Nacoochee, GA 30571
Please mark information requests "Attention:
Cora Kelly."
Thanks to Cora for handling this part of our research
and public education! |
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