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Annexation Gerrymandering
Date: 6/5/2005 2:16 PM
Sand Hills community
seeks change
Nestled just outside Pinehurst and in the
shadows of Aberdeen, residents in the small community of Jackson Hamlet live
dramatically different lives than their golf-going neighbors.
News & Observer.com articles:
UNC
center pushes annexation
UNC Center for
Civil Rights Examines Annexation Inequity
Click
here to
read the 6/8 N&O Letter to the
Editor
by
Allan Parnell,
vice president of the
Cedar
Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities
"What
the Press is Saying..."
Cedar
Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities
"The View From the Other Side of the Tracks"
wbur.org - Boston NPR
Poverty & Race Research Action Council writes
"Minority Exclusion in Small Town America"
More on Annexation Gerrymandering from
UNC
Center for Civil Rights
UNC Radio (91.5*) aired a show that discussed NC Annexation, the
Moore Co. lower income neighborhoods "passed over" for annexation.
It's worth
listening to hear Mr. Hankins trying to "dance" around obvious points
about the flaws in NC Annexation Laws. Ron Thoreson from
StopNCAnnexation participated by phone in the conversation.
Listen to the online rebroadcast on UNC Radio:
click here
What do all the victims
of NC Involuntary Annexation have in common?
Citizens are victimized by the capricious use of annexation statutes
that give Cities and Towns broad discretion to pick and choose areas to
annex or ignore. Affected NC citizens have no voice or power to employ
checks and balances on abuses of this power.
Cities should not be
allowed to 'cherry-pick' land for their own convenience!
IT'S TIME TO REFORM NC ANNEXATION LAW! |
StopNCAnnexation