WE DID! Delay Annexation

Solid waste options

2010-03-08T11:58:00.002-05:00

I have finally got all the information about the solid waste. I.E. Trash. Listed below are the three best quotes. What we have learned is that we can select whatever company we choose. These are not any order.

1. Handy Trash Service:
1 Toter for trash, pickup weekly (Wednesday), Recycle every other week NO Recycle Toter, NO yard waste.
Cost 17.50/ mo or 52.50 qrtly
Call Ferral Handy 336-431-2515

2. Waste Industries:
1 Toter for trash pickup weekly (Friday), Recycle every other week with a smaller Toter, NO yard waste.
Cost 18.50/ mo or 53.50 qrtly
Call Roger 336-668-3712

3. Republic Waste:
1 - 96gal Toter for trash pickup weekly (Tuesday), Recycle every other week with NO Toter, Yard waste once a month.
cost 15.57/mo billed Quarterly@ 46.71 (NO $10.00 setup fee)
Call customer service at 336-299-0815 (mention you are in the annexed / now un-annexed area to get this rate.) also we will each be billed and there is no long term contract. However we have to re-apply either over the phone or sending in the attached form.

Would suggest you decide and call soon so they will have time to get your Toter out to you, as you may know the City of Greensboro will be picking up their Toters anytime after Friday March 12th.
I would like to thank everyone that helped get these lower prices. Thomas Mellinger worked with Republic. (Great Job Thomas!)

Any questions

2010-02-11T17:16:00.002-05:00

As we move through this process we want to keep everyone informed. So if you have a question, just post it here and we will try to answer and keep everyone informed.

We are on the radio!

2010-02-11T17:06:00.001-05:00

Jim Eldridge, our attorney is on the radio right now on FM 101.1 on the Allen Handleman show. Listen in and call in.

TRASH Service

2010-02-11T14:30:00.003-05:00

We are looking into other trash providers (solid waste). The law and rule in Guilford county is that you can have anyone that you want to pick up your trash. Once there (in the 1970's) there was one company that had a franchise for the whole county, but no longer is what i have been told. The committee is contacting several companies to see if anyone will give us an over-all better rates and service. I know that Republic handed out noticed today to every home. check here for more information. very soon

The city has said they will provide trash service until March 12th. so don't feel rushed to make a decision.

WE WON!!!

2010-02-11T14:20:00.002-05:00

WOOO HOOO!!!
We did it!! We actually won the Summary Judgement!
This was the FINAL step at the lower court level. Can you Say GOOD BY GREENSBORO

The Judge listened to our case and the city's defense and ruled in our favor. Our motion was that the city ordinance that annexed us was Null and Void. The city has the right and can appeal to the higher court, however the higher court has already ruled on the main point of our case. (They ruled in our favor)
I don't have all the answers yet to all the questions. that is what this blog is for. maybe a faster way to get information out to you all.
Our annexation steering committee.

is it all over??

2009-04-21T22:44:00.002-04:00

Well, what a interesting city council meeting tonight. Thanks for the neighbors that came out and endured the bickering. I think all you needed to do was listen to the speakers, the presentations, and the discussion. Unfortunately the city council did not even listen to their own city employees "when the employees asked not to annex any more area until they can provide the services." So the city council voted to annex our area. :( The fight is not totally over, more to come soon!!
Also i am looking to form a group that will watch the city on providing the services, so anyone interested let me know.
Thank you for your help through out this journey, I feel the team saved every homeowner 1,000's of dollars. Now the challenge is to get what we pay for.

great audio

2009-04-14T08:52:00.001-04:00

i found this link to an awesome song.

Link to Here’s to You Mr. Jefferson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLAg8a0vCZQ
take a listen it is only 3:30

2009-04-09T11:04:00.000-04:00

Here is the three pictures used in my presentation

Sedgefield

Look at all the bus routes in Blue and community centers (*) there are several Parks and the police are close by if they are needed. However they are not Annexed yet

Cardinal

Here is the Cardinal, they had city water and sewers since the 1970's. The city has grow out to them, and along the way the city invested in parks and trails, and police substations, and fire stations, and all the rest of the amenities that help increase your home value and that they can use for their tax dollars.

Millstream

Now here is the Millstream area, most of the land that is annexed is office buildings with years and years of free tax, as you can see there are NO parks, NO community centers, NONE of the amenities that the rest of the city enjoys.

Setting the record stright

2009-04-09T10:04:00.000-04:00

I feel we should point out the incorrect statements that the city made on Tuesday evening.

1st Dick Hails said the city mailed "two notifications". That is not true, last year they did not mail any notification to the residents. They did mail 1st class mail this year.

2nd Goldie Wells stated that she would be our council member. NOT true, the district we will be in, is district 1 T. Dianne Bellamy-Small.

3rd Zack said he had met with us twice. Wrong again. He did meet with a group at his office, and then he had committed to coming out to our area so we could show him around, however about 15 minutes before he was to arrive he cancelled and never rescheduled.

4th Robbie said it was "not fair - not the procedure to wait and that delaying would create a bad precedent" well i don't understand if there are lots of other neighborhoods that have city water, that are not annexed. ie Cardinal and Sedgefield.

5th Sandra spoke of last year meeting and the topic of the notification. Yes we brought up the lack of disclosure, but that was one point out of several, we brought up the lack of services / amenities last year also. The city has had a year to "get their house in order" and provide the services.

6th Terry Wood said that "there was no case law" that is not true our attorney showed me the case where a community did "withdraw" the petition and won! I believe he was just trying to influence the council.

I realize that some of these misstatements are not massive, EXPECT Terry, however i feel we should keep the truth in the forefront. We will continue to hold their feet to the truth!

The City-Council Meeting

2009-04-09T09:46:00.000-04:00

First let me thank all the neighbors that took time out of there schedules to come and show their support for the DELAY and a special THANKS to all that spoke.

Next i would like to set the record straight. We are not against Greensboro, we just feel the timing on the annexation is wrong. Our neighbors have always said that we would welcome the city once it has grown out the 7 miles to our community.

At the present time the city has not focused, or invested to expanding to the far East. They have not developed any Park & Recreation facilitaties like parks, community centers, hiking trials, bike trails, "green" areas. There are NO libraries, Transportation department has not expanded with bus routes etc. So if they annex us now we will not get the some level amenities as other city residents.

We feel the delay should not be one year, it should be until they can provide level of services as others receive.