protesters petition to vote on annexation

1371 protesters yesterday turned in a petition at City Hall to demand their American rights to vote on any issue of significance that would alter the entire nature of their community for years; in this case, annexation. This is a multi-million dollar decision that requires careful scrutiny, debate, and sound decision-making from substantiated facts. The MS Council, like VG, has done little and NO due diligence in this instance. They have blindly accepted numbers from a City Manager that has a horrible track record of getting anywhere CLOSE to the actual numbers involved. LOOK at the CC addition, and the bathrooms. His numbers werent EVEN close to being accurate; not in the same galaxy. Why would we believe his estimates NOW? How did he derive his numbers? From what sources? Are THOSE sources and numbers posted online so they can be examined? If not, why not? When does the Mayor and Council plan to address any pollution issues? FEC? Boundaries? mitigation fees? ZONING? It IS possible that after due diligence is finally done, that annexation will be beneficial to MS, but until ALL the issues are addressed and resolved we are just rolling the dice and hoping. Wishing and hoping are not really sound business priciples on which to make a multi-million dollar decision that will effect us for the next century, are they?