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About Me

Ground has been broken for the construction of I-69, the NAFTA Superhighway, in southern Indiana. After 18 years of fierce public opposition and intense corporate lobbying, on March 11th, 2008 the construction company Gohmann A&C began using heavy equipment to remove trees on the lots of the six evicted houses within the first 1.77 miles of the proposed route. If completed I-69 will stretch some 2000 miles from the Canadian border to the Mexican border where it will connect with the Atlantic corridor highway of Plan Puebla Panama (PPP).
The cost to complete I-69 in Indiana is huge--$4 billion taxpayer dollars and risingâ€”and the population of the state is overwhelmingly against it. Surveys show 74% of Hoosiers are against the road, 150,000 signatures have been collected on petitions to stop the road and 20,467 out of the 21,873 public comments (94%) to INDOT were opposed to the new terrain I-69 route. In Indiana alone, the highway is slated to displace 450 families and destroy 5,000 acres of farmland, 1,500 acres of forest, and 300 acres of wetlands, devastating the habitats of countless species of animals, many of them already endangered. Although the state's justification for the road is job creation, using INDOT's own numbers, the cost to taxpayers per job created would be $359,375.
NOW IS THE TIME TO STOP THIS MONSTER OF A ROAD!!!
Please Read (print and distribute) the following documents for more information:
Issue One of the Roadblock Report
Issue Two of the Roadblock Report
Resistance Article (Thorough overview of the I-69 Project)
For constantly updated information see stopi69.wordpress.com .

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who lives on the route and doesn't want to be forced off. Anyone who loves the land and culture of Southern Indiana as it is. Anyone who doesn't want semi-trucks and sprawl invading their communities. Anyone who wants to stem the rising tide of environmental destruction and the increasing exploitation of its human inhabitants. Anyone who struggles to resist the encroachment of governments and corporations into all aspects of daily life.

My Blog

Lockdown at Gohmann!! Solidarity Demos in MI and NY!!

I-69 Opponents Lock Down at Gohmann Asphalt Yard, Halt Work June 28, 2008, 12:15 am Filed under: Uncategorized Opponents to I-69 shut down business at a Gohmann Asphalt site for three and half hours ...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:27:00 GMT

Tree-Sit Evicted. Solidarity Actions in Progress.

Fox 7 Coverage of the Tree-Sit Raid Torch Lit March on the Streets of Bloomington June 23, 2008, 12:41 am Filed under: Uncategorized Anti-I69 activists staged a raucous torch-lit march...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:43:00 GMT

Bloomington Alternative Interview of Tree-Sitters

Interstate 69Engaging I-69's destructive social structures.. by Lauren Taylor June 1, 2008 Photograph courtesy of the I-69 Media OfficeAnti-I-69 activists have set up a tree-sit along the planned pa...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:03:00 GMT

First Tree Sit Erected on I-69 Construction Site!!! (Updated)

In the Wee hours of May 18th, fading into the early morning of May 19th, a small group of activists braved the pre-dawn chill (and the threat of arrest and imprisonment!) and slipped into the trees al...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 08:23:00 GMT

Gohmann A&C Defrauded Indiana and Federal Taxpayers

Gohmann A&C, the company awarded the contract for clearing, and the contract for designing and building the first 1.77 miles of I-69, defrauded taxpayers by swapping core asphalt samples to meet c...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:51:00 GMT

Thousands March on Texas Capitol to Protest I-69/TTC

A protest against the proposed Trans-Texas Corridor was held at the Texas state capitol in Austin on April 5. According to Texans United for Reform and Freedom (TURF), "thousands" attended.The Trans-T...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:53:00 GMT

Update on Destruction from the Bloomington Alternative

Hello everyone, We spent a couple hours yesterday talking with the two closest neighbors to the initial I-69 destruction down by Oakland City. They told us three of the four houses that they are taki...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:59:00 GMT

INDOT Offices Were Evicted in Solidarity with Families on the Route

On July 9, following this year’s Round River Rendezvous, the Oakland City and Petersburg Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) planning offices for the construction of Interstate-69&rsquo...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:57:00 GMT

Those Responsible

Indiana Section ******Section 1 Contract for demolition and removal of buildings on the first 1.77 miles of the proposed route (the area where construction will begin this spring) has been awarded to ...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:26:00 GMT

Resources

These are documents you can use to table with, to hand out, to reach people through. Please feel free to copy and distribute them, or make your own! Send us a copy and we’ll add your anti-I-69 l...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:22:00 GMT