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	<description>The Highway J Citizens Group, U.A.'s grassroots mission is to: 1) Stop unnecessary road expansion 2) Protect our groundwater quality, 3) Promote proper land use decisions, and 4) Preserve our overall quality of life in the beautiful Kettle Moraine area of Southeastern Wisconsin.</description>
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		<title>Judge Adelman&#8217;s Recent Denial of the WisDOT&#8217;s &#8220;Motion for Reconsideration&#8221; Continues to Receive Excellent News Coverage!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Since Judge Adelman recently&#160;DENIED the WisDOT&#39;s &#34;Motion for Reconsideration&#34; of our September 14, 2009 federal lawsuit victory, several area newspapers have provided excellent news coverage of this momentous event.&#160; Some of these news articles appeared in a previous HJCG website posting, but here are some more articles below for you to read and enjoy!
3-27-10-sussex-express-news-federal-judge-rejects-state-request-hwy-164-plans-stalled.pdf
3-30-10-waukesha-freeman-highway-164-revisited-denied-again.pdf
3-31-10-lake-country-reporter-reconstruction-of-highway-164-may-be-ordered.pdf
4-4-10-hartford-times-press-judges-ruling-a-victory-for-highway-expansion-foes-with-front-page-photo.pdf
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		<link>http://www.hwyjcitizensgroup.org/hjcgwp/?p=1328</link>
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		<title>Highway J Citizens Group, U.A. Attorneys File Two Major Legal Briefs in Support of Our Continuing Efforts to Improve Traffic Safety on Highway 164.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends &#38; Neighbors:
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;In 2008, the Highway J Citizens Group, U.A. filed a lawsuit in Washington County Circuit Court against the Village of Richfield to seek a reversal of the village&#39;s September 18, 2008 vote on the Highway 164 speed limit which was taken in violation of&#160;both state law and the village&#39;s 20-Year &#34;Smart Growth&#34; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hwyjcitizensgroup.org/hjcgwp/?p=1309</link>
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		<title>The Attorneys Representing Us On Our Annexation Lawsuit Against the Village of Richfield Score Another MAJOR LEGAL VICTORY For Our Citizens Group!</title>
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Dear Friends and Neighbors:

&#160;&#160;&#160; Back on September 24, 2009, the&#160;government defendants&#160;(U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Wisconsin Department of Transportation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) had filed a &#34;Motion for Reconsideration&#34; with the district court seeking to reverse our September 14, 2009 legal victory stopping the Highway 164 four-lane expansion project in both&#160;Washington [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hwyjcitizensgroup.org/hjcgwp/?p=1291</link>
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		<title>WE WON AGAIN!  Federal Court DENIES the WisDOT&#8217;s &#8220;Motion for Reconsideration&#8221; on Highway 164 Four-Lane Expansion Project.</title>
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Dear Friends and Neighbors:

&#160;&#160;&#160; Back on September 24, 2009, the&#160;government defendants&#160;(U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Wisconsin Department of Transportation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) had filed a &#34;Motion for Reconsideration&#34; with the district court seeking to reverse our September 14, 2009 legal victory stopping the Highway 164 four-lane expansion project in both&#160;Washington [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hwyjcitizensgroup.org/hjcgwp/?p=1278</link>
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		<title>Our Recent Legal Successes Are INSPIRING and ENCOURAGING Citizens From Both Wisconsin and Across the Nation to Strongly Oppose Unwanted Road Expansions in Their Communities.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; In both Wisconsin and nationwide, citizens groups and environmental organizations are being INSPIRED and ENCOURAGED to strongly oppose unwanted road expansion projects in their respective communities.
&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Some excellent examples of this grassroots citizen activism can be found in the three news articles attached below.&#160; These include: 1) Environmental organizations and citizens legally stopping a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hwyjcitizensgroup.org/hjcgwp/?p=1298</link>
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		<title>Please Support Our Ongoing Battle to Preserve Our Recent Federal Court Victory Stopping the Highway 164 Four-Lane Expansion in Both Waukesha and Washington Counties.</title>
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Dear Friends and Neighbors:


&#160;&#160;&#160; Since our&#160;major federal court victory on September 14, 2009 which stopped the Highway 164 four-lane expansion in both Waukesha and Washington Counties, our attorneys (Charles Barr and Elizabeth Rich) have been vigorously fighting to preserve this amazing &#34;one-of-a-kind&#34; legal victory for all of us.&#160; Through your much-appreciated, generous donations, we need [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hwyjcitizensgroup.org/hjcgwp/?p=1268</link>
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		<title>Our Legal Battle to Return the Illegally-Annexed Helsan Business Park Back to the Town of Polk Continues &#8212; Can We Count On Your Support?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends and Neighbors:


&#160;&#160;&#160; It&#39;s been a few months since I sent out our last HIGHWAY J CITIZENS GROUP, U.A. (HJCG)&#160;e-mail update.&#160; The purpose of this update is to provide you with the most recent information on our citizens group&#39;s&#160;lawsuit to&#160;reverse the Richfield Village Board&#39;s illegal annexation of the Helsan Business Park in the Town [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hwyjcitizensgroup.org/hjcgwp/?p=1256</link>
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		<title>Concerned Citizens Are Gaining Positive Momentum From the HJCG&#8217;s Recent Court Victory and Stopping Unwanted Road Projects All Across Wisconsin!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the HJCG obtained its favorable court decision last year stopping the Highway 164 four-lane expansion in both Waukesha and Washington Counties,&#160;concerned&#160;citizens all across the State of Wisconsin are vigorously &#34;fighting back&#34; and&#160;stopping other unwanted road expansion projects in their respective communities.
For example, just last month, a group of concerned citizens from the Town of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hwyjcitizensgroup.org/hjcgwp/?p=1234</link>
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		<title>WisDOT Abuses Eminent Domain Process to &#8220;Grab&#8221; Private Property at &#8220;Unfairly Low&#8221; Prices.  Citizens are Successfully &#8220;Fighting Back&#8221; with Lawsuits!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past several years, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) has earned a reputation for abusing the eminent domain process to &#34;grab&#34; private property at &#34;unfairly low&#34; prices (i.e. this&#160;state agency is &#34;cheating these property owners out of their land&#34; after forcing unnecessary, fiscally-irresponsible and environmentally-damaging road expansion projects upon them).
However, citizens are &#34;fighting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hwyjcitizensgroup.org/hjcgwp/?p=1188</link>
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		<title>Government Sessions are &#8220;Democracy Killers&#8221; According to Local Journalist.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a highly-respected local journalist (James Rowen), the government sessions conducted by state&#160;and local officials&#160;are designed to stifle citizen input and deter open discussion of the issues involved.&#160; In short, they are &#34;democracy killers.&#34;In a February 4, 2010 posting on his &#34;The Political Environment&#34; blogsite (see the PDF link below), Mr. Rowen lists several [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hwyjcitizensgroup.org/hjcgwp/?p=1182</link>
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