annexation

I was very surprised to NOT hear ONE city official mention POLLUTION as a BIG problem with annexation, even though it is well known to locals. WHO will clean up these areas? AeroDex is out of business, the SuperFund is broke, the companies that did the polluting are gone, or wont do the cleanups.. WHO is going to do those expensive cleanups? NINE commissioners do NOT want to give up their zoning powers to us.. HOW is this POSSIBLY going to work in OUR FAVOR? I don't see it.

This is in response to last nights Council meeting where the Mayor is pushing annexation again. They apparently feel that they slipped the new gym by without doing their DUE DILIGENCE and can maybe slip another one over on the people. They are on a roll now and want to follow-up while the people are still sleeping. If the people continue to sleep, of course, they will deserve what they get. People will complain a while when their bills and taxes go up but apparently don't care enough to actually DO anything until its too late. It is my belief that the new gym will put us into bankruptcy by constant change orders and cost overruns into the MILLIONS. It is the history of these city officials in the past and will be no different in the future. They have no finished a project in the past 3 1/2 years anywhere CLOSE to on time OR on budget. To expect them to do ANY different THIS time would be insanity on OUR part because NOTHING HAS CHANGED. Since the contractors only have a sketch to work from there will be DOZENS of change orders that the City will request and they will be filled at the cost of MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to the taxpayers.
IF, by some miracle, the new gym project does NOT put us into bankruptcy, annexation will.