annexation issues

IF we annex WITHOUT control of zoning we DONT have control. IF there are significant cleanups to be done the voters SHOULD be scared as they will be the ones to pay for those cleanups. Who knows why VG, Doral, and Medley do what they do? Perhaps they are just as incompetent as MS is. Who really has a good handle on the pollution issues there? Until we get an unbiased and independent report on those issues we are just talking about buying a pig in a poke, an unknown entity, and NOT something in which to make a MILLION dollar gamble. Believe it or not, but Council is SUPPOSED to do something called DUE DILIGENCE, which entails gathering ALL the best available information about ANY project so that a well-informed decision can be made. We have hired many consultants in the past to do that for us. The Council usually DOESNT LISTEN to them if they dont come to the same conclusions as the Council would like, but that IS the theory. We need an unbiased, independent authority to tell us their current opinion of the possible pollution issues involved here. AGAIN, due diligence will NOT be done, all the facts will NOT be collected, and the Council will proceed with their own personal and political agendas with NO regard for the residents who will wind up paying the bills. Its becoming a pattern of neglect, irresponsibility, and disregard by City officials. HOPING there are no serious cleanup issues doesnt make it true, and isnt the basis for sound decision-making.