HJCG Press/Media
April 4, 2010: Judge Adelman’s Recent Denial of the WisDOT’s “Motion for Reconsideration” Continues to Receive Excellent News Coverage!
February 5, 2010: WisDOT Abuses Eminent Domain Process to “Grab” Private Property at “Unfairly Low” Prices. Citizens are Successfully “Fighting Back” with Lawsuits!
December 29, 2009: HJCG’s Legal Victory Stopping Highway 164 Expansion Makes “Top 10 List” of News Stories in Waukesha County.
December 10, 2009: Channel 4’s Speedbusters Visits Highway 164 For a 3rd Time This Year to Report on Speed-Related Accidents.
December 3, 2009: SEWRPC’s Challenge: Connecting With the Public [The Daily Reporter].
December 1, 2009: West Bend Area’s “Watershed Watchers” Congratulates HJCG on Recent Federal Lawsuit Victory [Watchdog Views Newsletter].
November 11, 2009: WisDOT Needs To Get Highway 164 Right! [Sussex Sun Editorial].
November 9, 2009: Group Seeks to Extend Highway J Ruling [Wisconsin Law Journal].
November 3, 2009: Highway J Citizens Group, U.A. Celebrates Highway 164 Federal Court Decision — Documentary Film Being Made About Citizens’ Efforts [Sussex Sun].
October 29, 2009: Minnesota Group Claims Momentum From Highway J Federal Court Ruling [The Daily Reporter].
October 15, 2009: National Wildlife Federation’s Corps Reform Network Reports on Highway J Citizens Group, U.A.’s Recent Federal Lawsuit Victory.
September 29, 2009: Judge Rules To Stop Highway Project [The Country Today].
September 29, 2009: Highway Projects Take Fire From Grassroots Groups [The Daily Reporter].
September 25, 2009: A Legal Victory Against Road Expansion in Wisconsin [StreetsBlog -- New York City and San Francisco].
September 24, 2009: Judge Rules Against DOT’s Plans For Waukesha and Washington Counties — The Highway J/164 Expansion May Not Be Legal [Shepherd Express].
September 21, 2009: Highway 164 Rejection Could Be Far-Reaching — Judge Says Project Violated Federal Laws [Lake Country Reporter].
September 19, 2009: Court Blocks Highway 164 Expansion [Germantown Express News].
September 19, 2009: Federal Judge Blocks Highway 164 Expansion [Express News].
September 18, 2009: Judge Adelman Stops Future Expansion of Highway 164 [Business Journal of Milwaukee].
September 16, 2009: Adelman Halts Highway 164 Expansion [Waukesha Freeman].
September 16, 2009: Citizens Should Not Have To Sue To Make Government Obey The Law [The Political Environment].
September 16, 2009: Highway 164 Expansion Denied [Lake Country Reporter].
September 16, 2009: Judge Halts Highway 164 Widening [West Bend Daily News].
September 15, 2009: Citizens Groups Prevail Over WisDOT in Highway J Lawsuit [Daily Reporter].
September 15, 2009: WisDOT Loses Highway J Lawsuit [Daily Reporter].
September 15, 2009: Groups Win Huge Highway Victory in Federal Court [The Political Environment].
August 10, 2009: Highway Expansion Opponents Criticize Privacy of WisDOT Public Hearings [Daily Reporter].
July 15, 2009: Highway 164 Activists Take Argument to Federal Court [West Bend Daily News & Hartford Times Press].
July 2, 2009: WisDOT Suppresses Free Speech Rights of Citizens Who Attend Public Hearings on Highway Expansion Projects.
April 28, 2009: WTMJ Channel 4’s Jay Olstad Returns to Highway 164 After Six People Die in Speed-Related Accidents During a One-Year Period.
April 28, 2009: Area Residents Fight to Stop Highway 164 Expansion and Push to Make This Roadway Safer With a 45 Mph Speed Limit.
February 25, 2009: Highway J Citizens Group, U.A. Sues Village of Richfield to Reverse Illegal Annexation of Helsan Business Park From Town of Polk.
November 30, 2008: Richfield Village Board Annexes Helsan Business Park From Town of Polk — State Department of Administration Warns Annexation Is Illegal!
November 19, 2008: Highway 164 Speed Limit Lawsuit Against Village of Richfield Raises “Smart Growth” Issues.
November 17, 2008: WTMJ-Channel 4’s Speedbusters Investigates Unsafe 55 Mph Speed Limit on Highway 164.
November 12, 2008: Lawsuit Seeks Slower Speed Limit on Highway 164 in Village of Richfield.
November 8, 2008: PRESS RELEASE — Local Group Fighting for Highway Safety.
August 21, 2008: Local Legislator Questions WisDOT Spending Tactics on Highway 164.
April 11, 2008: Are YOU Concerned about PROTECTING Our Precious Natural Resources and PRESERVING Our Exceptional “Quality of Life” in Washington County?
April 10, 2008: State Representative Don Pridemore Reaffirms His Stance Against Highway 164 Expansion.
January 31, 2008: For a Third Year in a Row, Highway J Citizens Group, U.A. Members Participate in Annual “Lobby Day” Event at State Capitol in Madison.
July 16, 2007: Area Residents Tell Richfield Town Officials to Vigorously Oppose Both Highway 164 and Pioneer Road Widenings.
July 15, 2007: Attorney Elizabeth Rich Pursues Appeal to Stop Wal-Mart Supercenter in City of Hartford.
January 18, 2007: Highway J Citizens Group, U.A. petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Highway 164 Federal Lawsuit.
January 11, 2007: Local Citizens Group Files Lawsuit to Stop New Wal-Mart Supercenter in City of Hartford.
December 13, 2006: Washington County Board of Supervisors Votes to Support Uniform 45 Mph Speed Limit on Highway 164.
November 24, 2006: Washington County Highway Committee Recommends Uniform 45 Mph Speed Limit for Highway 164.
September 6, 2006: Local Business Leader Says WisDOT “Spends Money Like Drunken Sailors.”
July 31, 2006: Citizens Rally Held in Opposition to Highway 164 Widening.
July 24, 2006: Please join us on Sunday, July 30, 2006 in Richfield at the Citizens Rally and Town Hall Meeting.
July 23, 2006: Highway J Citizens Group, U.A. Becomes Part of Statewide Movement to Protect Our Communities From Suburban Sprawl.
April 6, 2006: State Representative Don Pridemore Says WisDOT Has Violated the “Spirit of the Law” With Its Highway 164 Four-lane Expansion Plans.
January 26, 2006: Highway J Citizens Group, U.A. Members Join More than 260 Conservationists At State Capitol in Madison to Protect Wisconsin’s Natural Resources.
January 20, 2006: Legislators ask WisDOT to halt Highway 164 project (please see article reprint enclosed — PDF file also attached)
November 8, 2005: State Representative Don Pridemore Calls Highway 164 Project Unsafe.
November 3, 2005: Highway 164 Widening Project in the Pewaukee/Sussex Area is Over Budget and Delayed Due to WisDOT Ignorance and Incompetence.
August 19, 2005: Plans revise for Jacklin Pit
August 12, 2005: Richfield residents balk at Jacklin Pit plan
July 10, 2005: Foes of Highway 164 Expansion Are Driven.
May 28, 2005: Highway J Citizens Group, U.A. Organizes Hundreds of Local Residents to Oppose Washington County “Reliever Route” Plans.
April 16, 2005: Every Day Should Be Earth Day.
March 17, 2005: U.S. Senator Russ Feingold and State Representative Don Pridemore Ask USEPA to Study Ackerville Landfill Site.
February 25, 2005: Federal Lawsuit Filed to Keep State From Driving Over Citizen Opposition.
October 11, 2004: Milwaukee Insight: Politicians Should Heed Rising Enviro Movement.