Against Kokomo Annexation
Each of the undersigned joined in this petition to the Kokomo, Indiana Mayor and Kokomo Common Council to reject the annexation plan as presented to the public in April 2008. continue reading »
"No, thank you."
"I don't want your "benefits" forced on me."
"I bought a house in the county because I wanted to live in the county, not the city. We don't have city water and sewer now and believe that I would be forced to bear the cost of being connected. There have been no attempts by the city to lay out an imple"
"STOP ANNEXATION NOW!"
"Take care of what you already have before trying to take on the county."
"I believe that this plan will add substantially to the cost of my property tax by shifting the cost of City Government to the higher valued annexed properties"
"I do not see what services the city is going to provide to me that I don't already pay for except sewer service. I have city water, trash pick-up, county sherrif protection, and Harrison Township fire department. All I see this as is paying more taxes and"
"If I wanted to be in the city I would have bought in the city. What a con game."
"If I wanted to be in the city I would have bought a house in the city. I don't see how this can benefit the city or me either. What do they want more home owner defaulting on their mortgages. With the extra tax burden on the home owners thats exactly what"
"I deliberately bought a home outside city limits, and now that they're building the bypass, it seems the city wants to expand to include all of the land to where the bypass will be built. The services they say that will benefit me, I already have, althoug"
"This is simply a vicious money grab by the city of Kokomo. They're broke and want the county residents to bail them out."
"I do not believe that the city of Kokomo has demonstrated the need for annexation at this point, and has not adequately explained the impact of annexation to the citizens in the proposed areas."
"POA for my Mother's property; I find the annexation plan to be insincere and unfair, and am strongly against it."
"Taxation without representation, sound familiar?"