It is clear that the MS police does an outstanding job for the residents. It is not clear that they are fully informed about all the annexation issues. The Water and Sewer services were turned over to the County because they had been seriously and stupidly neglected for the past 20 years by several Councils and had become more than we wanted to handle. Annexation COULD be a good option for MS IF the County commissioners ever decide to allow it to happen; IF the mitigation fees are within reason; IF the proposed lands are not polluted and require costly cleanups; IF the FEC property ever comes available to us; and IF we could have control over the zoning, to insure that NO residential highrises and/or low income housing is allowed to occur there. Hoping all those things will happen to our benefit will not make it happen. The pollution issues alone need an independent, unbiased expert to advise us regarding the possible cleanup costs involved, at the very least. How can we make another multi-million dollar decision without know all the unvarnished facts and options?
This is in response to an open letter to the public taking a pro-annexation stance by the FOP. I am glad to see the police taking an interest in the City's business but believe that they have only heard part of the story at this point, the Council's.
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