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This article from the Von Mises institute is as relevant today as it was in 2003. Government schemes to take from some in order to benefit others, always end up being destructive for all. The leftist refuse to admit this and continue on every level of govenment by telling us all the wonderful things they are going to do for some with our money.

In this time of raising taxes indescriminately, increasing the rates on utilities for which we are captured customers, and seizing title to property through forced annexation, every politician, administrator,appointee, school teacher, professor, and individual citizen needs to read and understand this.

Government with its inefficiencies can’t take from one, give to another, and make everyone whole through the pipe-dream good of society they are so fond of using as an excuse to steal.

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StopNCAnnexation A Grassroots Effort to End forced Annexation Abuse in North Carolina
Fighting for reform statewide since 2003

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SNCA Action Alert

The House Judiciary II Committee sent notice today that the committee will be considering annexation bills This week at both the Tuesday June 16th AND Thursday June 18th meetings.

The House Judiciary II Committee meets as follows:

10:00 am

Room 421

Legislative Office Building

300 N. Salisbury St. • Raleigh, NC 27603-5925

Downtown Raleigh

THE ONLY TWO BILLS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA ARE H727 and H524!!!!

NO MENTION OF HOUSE BILL 645!!!

H727 is the House bill that matches Senator Tony Rand’s “League of Municipalities Bill”

H524 is the bill that is the result of the Study Commission recommendations.

H524 would accomplish the following things:

- prohibit strip annexations

- increases the density a little

- prohibit annexation of half of a neighborhood

- victims get notice of annexation sent by certified mail

- victims get more information about the process and how to challenge an annexation

- victims get long term financing for the water & sewer infrastructure they didn’t need or want

- GIVES AREAS ON CENTRAL WATER AND SEWER A VOTE!! AND NO ONE ELSE!!

(why has this grossly unfair idea been kept alive for the last two years?????)

H524 would change voluntary annexations by reducing the percentage of property owners needed to petition for annexation from 100% agreement to 75% of the property owners in neighborhoods where half the households have incomes that are 200% or less than the Federal poverty level.

If you live in a neighborhood where the average family has four or five members and they have incomes of 50,000 dollars or less, 75% of the neighbors could force the other 25% to be annexed against their will.

http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/HTML/H524v1.html

THERE IS NO (FAIR) VOTE, NO OVERSIGHT AND NO REQUIREMENT THAT SERVICES BE MEANINGFUL IN EITHER OF THESE BILLS!!

Central water and sewer is not meaningful to people with working septic systems and wells either!

Who among the grassroots would support either of these bills???

Where is House Bill 645????

The calls, letters and emails need to start flowing to the Judiciary II members!!

Find the “J2” committee contact information HERE:
http://www.stopncannexation.com/tracking_annexation_legislation.htm

Catherine Heath
StopNCAnnexation Coalition

http://www.stopncannexation.com

Questions? Reply to this email.

It’s not blackmail, Stephen LaRoque insists – but he said there’s no better way to get his anti-annexation point across to the city of Kinston than to protest the All-America designation the city seeks.

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The North Carolina Senate is attempting to side-step the popular opposition to the practice of forced annexation. The anti-forced annexation opponents want only three simple things – 1. meaningful services, 2. oversight of the process of annexation, 3. a voice in the process. All three requests are well within reason and logic when it comes to government seizing anything from the people. Annexation seizes the income of those annexed as a source of revenue for the municipalities, often without an exchange of any meaningful services. By definition that is theft!

Help give the people a voice against government abuse. Call, write, or email the members of the newly created, heavily biased sub-committee. Tell them SB711 will not do as it does nothing for the citizens. Support Senator Larry Shaw’s SB494.

Please be courteous in all exchanges with elected officials and their staff.

Sub-committee members:

Chair: Sen. Dan Clodfelter – daniel.clodfelter@ncleg.net – 919-715-8331
Senator Fletcher Hartsell – fletcher.hartsell@ncleg.net – 919-733-7223
Senator Floyd McKissick – floyd.mckissick@ncleg.net – 919-733-5953
Senator William Purcell – william.purcell@ncleg.net – 919-733-5953
Senator Larry Shaw – larry.shaw@ncleg.net – 919-733-9349
(Senator Shaw is the sponsor of SB494 – favorable to the citizens)
Senator Josh Stein – josh.stein@ncleg.net – 919-715-6400
Senator Richard Stevens – richard.stevens@ncleg.net – 919-733-5653

Alternate contacts
Senator Soles 919-733-5963
Representative Stiller 919-301-1450
Speaker Joe Hackney 919-733-3451

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Fighting for citizen rights is never without costs – both monetary and personal. Please help support this foundational issue by sending a contribution of any amount to the Oak Level Community Against Forced Annexation at:

OLCAFA
P.O. Box 1071
Nashville, NC 27856

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