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Eugene Platt, Charleston (SC) Greens fight Interstate expansion

Posted in Ecological Wisdom & the Environment, Editorials, General, Grassroots Democracy, Local Party News on May 6th, 2009 by Gregg Jocoy – Comments Off

In a letter published in the Charleston Post and Courier, Green Party spokesperson Eugene Platt called for an end to plans to extend Interstate 526 onto Johns and James Islands.

Platt, an elected member of the James Island Public Service District Commission, pointed to a resolution against the proposed extension passed unanimously by the Town of James Island Council on April 7 as evidence that the communities most impacted by this proposed road are united in their opposition to the project. The complete text of his letter can be read by clicking on the article headline.
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