[Winona Online Democracy] I too would like to encourage the tax payers of Winona to attend the City Hall meeting tonight. Two developers are requesting the City expedite their requests to annex. Neither development abutts the city limits. The developers do not want to wait for an orderly annexation plan to be put in place.
The request for the orderly annexation plan is not new. The request has been made by the Township as well as the County sometime ago before these developers requested annexation. The City has developed "their purposed plan" which is being reviewed and will be responded to by the Township. The "plan" is in the process of being developed, yet these developers want to be "exempt" from this. My question to the City Council would be this, "why should these developers be singled out from the orderly annexation plan?" If the answer would be because they made their request before the plan was in place, question two would be "what about the next developers that come along before a plan is in place?" Where does it begin and where does it end? Does the City Council have a double standard here? Tax payers need to realize, that if the Township says "no" to this, the next step is likely litagation. This will cost the tax payers of Winona hundreds of thousands of dollars. Can any of the City people quote what it cost tax payers for the Winona Township litagation. Is this where tax dollars should go? Or should an orderly plan continue to be developed that will include the developers. Are the citizens of Winona so generous with their tax dollars that they want to "donate" them to the financial adventures of two developers? Janice Turek Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > [Winona Online Democracy] > > I urge any residents of Wilson who possibly can to attend the meeting > tonight about your annexation issue. > In my opinion this has already gone farther than it ever should have. At > the very least shouldn't the residents be given the option of voting yes or > no to being annexed? Who the heck wants to be part of the city and have > their property taxes go up? > My township sits right next to Wilson township. Will I have to worry and > wonder about possibly being annexed 'under the table' too one day? > I have no doubt that if certain Wilson township officials and residents had > > not spoken out against this annexation it would already be a done deal. > Citizens must continue to speak out against this annexation. It is wrong > and why is name of the Prince who really bought the Phillips land never > mentioned by city officials? > Does most of this annexation seem 'fishy' to anyone but me? I doubt it. > > Linda Fort > > 'moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to > this country as irresponsible talk. The right way is not always the popular > and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of > moral character.' > > > _______________________________________________ > This message was posted to Winona Online Democracy > All messages must be signed by the senders actual name. > No commercial solicitations are allowed on this list. > To manage your subscription or view the message archives, please visit > http://mapnp.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/winona > Any problems or suggestions can be directed to > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you want help on how to contact elected officials, go to the Contact page > at > http://www.winonaonlinedemocracy.org > _______________________________________________ This message was posted to Winona Online Democracy All messages must be signed by the senders actual name. No commercial solicitations are allowed on this list. To manage your subscription or view the message archives, please visit http://mapnp.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/winona Any problems or suggestions can be directed to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you want help on how to contact elected officials, go to the Contact page at http://www.winonaonlinedemocracy.org
