Dear JAGSOUTHERN,

Puff puff pass. Lay off the pot because you are thinking corectly.

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Sam I am so upset that are try to grab the cash. What does your Sister Gloria S. who works for Bisop State think about you and your plan? Will any of this money be used to bail out the mess at Bishop????

Sturgil

As a homeowners in the Smithfield Subdivision, which Mayor Jones so methodically omitted from the anexxation vote, I and my neighbors will be subject to the increased sales tax revenue, which is the crux of this proposed annexation, with no benefit of city services.  With this in mind the proposed annexation should include all areas between Cody Road South of Airport to Schillinger Road, as we will all be affected by the increased sales taxes that will be imposed. I speculate this area was omitted from the annexation because they failed in obtaining our votes in the past.

I don’t know who jagsouthern is, but you guys aren’t listening!  We don’t want your services that you are obviously so proud of!  We pay “jurisdiction” sales tax now.  We have outstanding private trash collection (twice a week for $20) and they pick up at our back door.
We have said a resounding NO twice already.  Why can’t you get the message?  Trying to sell the “we’ll be #1” is a bunch of BS….who cares if we’re #1 or #5? 
We’ve been really nice about this so far…I think it is time to get a court order to stop Mobile from trying this over and over again.

By now most of you have heard that the plan is to hire 70 police and 50 firemen with the annexation. This, coupled with a multi-million dollar station will help businesses and residents in the new area. If only Area A is taken in all of the others will benefit from the improvements.  We in Mobile hope all of you in the proposed area will see the benefits to you and join the city.  It isn’t all about the money because the city will spend most, if not all of the money, in the newly incorporated area.  Doesn’t much better police and fire protection sound good to most people.

Sam Says, “Show me the money”. Sam, Mike Dow this for years. Prichard has more people than W Mobile. Go after that area, they need help! You are after the tax dollars…period.  The city can’t spend our money in a responsible manor now, so why should we give you West Mobile?

Face it, we do not want to be in Mobile. This is why they call it WEST MOBILE…get it??!!

Sturgil

Annexation would not be so difficult if the area would get a temporary tax waiver as an incentive. Annexation will allow Mobile to pass Birmingham as #1 in Alabama.

Sorry about the spelling errors in my previous comment….must be the keyboard!

Thanks to Ch 5 for interviewing me…you got a great shot of our house and the porch.  Mayor Sam Jones let the cat out of the bag yesterday when he started talking about being the largest sity in the state.  He is so power hungry that he doesn’t care what it takes…he just wants to me the mayor of the largest city!  He has nothing but his personal agenda at heart.

If I wanted to live in the City limits, I would have moved into the city limits.  I have lived in the county for 14 years and have not been without any services.  I also feel that that city police sub-station that is in the county should get back in the city limits and take care of the Mobile citizens that are paying their wages.  If I am not mistaken, if they stay in the county for a certain length of time, the city can automatically annex us.  I would like this checked into and if it is true, then they need to leave now.

Barbara

Leave it the way it is, if you need the police you’d wait for ever in an age on who will come out city or county, and while they are taking there time to decide someone could or would die.