Name: Behind the Headlines — The Pros and Cons of Annexation — August 9. 2013
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The fight over annexation  in the suburbs tonight

I'm Eric Barnes, publisher of the Memphis Daily News.

We are joined tonight by State Representative Steve McManus

Also Bill Boyd from the Memphis City Council.

And Bill Dries, senior reporter with the Memphis Daily News.

We'll get in to some of the history of it.

The state legislature in this past session put a moratorium

Why a moratorium and what do you all hope to get out of this

Um, there's a real sense going on in Nashville and you can

And the bottom line is that our constituents are really saying

we want more of a voice when it comes to annexation issues.

We are one of the handful of states in the United States that

still allows a municipality to really exercise their heavy hand

of government and simply come in and take a particular territory.

And there's no doubt about it that we've had a tough time when

And we seem to be seeing more and more of this annexation

issues as the economy was in pretty tough,

So that's what we're hoping for right now.

What we're considering is a moratorium for about a year to

see if really we want to change the law and become one

"If a particular area is going to be annexed,

it's going to be done by referendum" meaning you have a

vote versus simply giving that power to the municipality.

being annexed, which right now doesn't exist.

You are in an area that has not been annexed by the city of

And the situation is we were not even aware that this was going

I guess we were minding our own business.

And next thing I know, we get a notice in the mail saying that

But not only taxes starting at that time,

they're billing us for a period of time before that which drove

our house notes up in the south Cordova area up a lot.

There's no evidence that we received any services from the

So I'm not exactly sure how in the world they could back tax

you for something that you did not receive.

And, uh, it really has the people in this area up in arms.

And we've had some meetings where 500 people showed up.

And these are the people who could make the meeting showed

And they're all upset that this has happened without their

ability to have a vote to say we want to be a part of Memphis or

But something that happened in Millington would be a perfect

And they gave the people a choice to be annexed.

"Sure, we want to be a part of Millington."

Um, Bill Boyd, where do you stand on annexation?

I mean right now, it's the city council that votes,

you know, and has areas that it's identified to annex.

It's taken areas over the past few years including this area.

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