I know Indianapolis has also expanded to the size of
the county. This appears to have worked very well for
them! David Strand, Ward 7, Loring Neighborhood
--- Terrell Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Barbara Nelson writes:
>
> > Seems to me that the city tried to annex some
> inner ring suburbs
> > way back when, ....
>
> > ... My second question is, why is the
> opportunity "lost forever"?
>
> [TB] Seattle has annexed out in to the suburbs. Its
> been done in Ohio
> although I don't remember if its in Cleveland or
> Cincinnati. The City of
> Honolulu includes the entire island of Oahu.
>
> We have an obscene number of municipalities in
> Hennepin County, in the
> entire metro area, each with its own Police Chief,
> Fire Chief, City Clerk,
> City Manager, City Council. Not only is it
> extremely expensive, it makes
> planning much more difficult than it should be.
> Merging all of the
> municipalities in, say, Hennepin County would create
> some tremendous
> efficiencies.
>
>
>
>
>
> Terrell
>
>
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