>Wizard Marks wrote:
>
>> Back in the 1960s before the suburbs became so powerful a constituency, the
>> city should have annexed the near burbs out to the 694/494 beltline (roughly
>> quoted from Tony Scallon).
>
Minnesota state law (each state has different laws governing this) require
majority vote of the citizens of both cities. Minnesota also had a state
municipal board that was also involved. I don't know if it still exists.
In any case, the likelihood of Minnesota annexing any suburb under current
law is about zero.
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