| We
must empower our local government
By KEN MIDKIFF
Columbia Daily Tribune, July 22, 2005
Last week, a notion was introduced that likely
strikes fear into the hearts of developers and their hangers-on
- lawyers, engineers, consultants, real estate agents and
city managers.
For years, the developer of each residential
or commercial project has touted how the greater community
of Columbia and Boone County will benefit, usually citing
jobs, economic growth and increased tax revenues. Though there
might be some truth to this, it ignores the negative side
of the coin. Overall taxes - particularly sales taxes, transportation
district taxes, special district taxes and so forth - have
gone up. For the most part, construction jobs are temporary
with low wages and few or no benefits.
Rampant
growth carries hidden costs
By FORREST ROSE
Columbia Daily Tribune Commentary, February 8, 2005
Let’s
hear it for the good people of Harg, who managed to collect
enough signatures in Columbia to stymie the largest proposed
annexation in city history. In doing so, they stalled a development
that would bring more than 1,800 homes, a golf course and
commercial businesses butting up against their rural hamlet.
Council
approves rezoning
Bear Creek Village markets open space.
By CHUCK
ADAMSON of the Tribune’s staff
Published Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Bear Creek
Village developer Andrew Guti got his property rezoned last
night and received accolades from Columbia City Council members
and neighbors in the process.
Bill
would eliminate Harg’s maneuver
By RACHEL
WEBB of the Tribune’s staff
Published Saturday, February 5, 2005
Proposed
legislation that would give counties a voice in annexation
would eliminate a little-used law that Harg-area residents
have used to block annexation for a major development.
Petitioners
thwart annexation
Sapp is weighing reserve strategies.
By CHUCK
ADAMSON of the Tribune’s staff
Published Saturday, February 5, 2005
A Harg-area
group’s petition has ended Billy Sapp’s application
to annex 965 acres into Columbia.
Bill would eliminate Harg's maneuver
HARG
expects ruling today
County clerk nearly finished with review of petition to block
voluntary annexation.
By
Katie Fretland of the Columbia Missourian, February 4, 2005
The
public will likely learn today the results of Harg residents’
petition to block the voluntary annexation of 1,000 acres
east of town owned by developer Billy Sapp.
Annexation
draws fierce opposition
Sapp’s lawyer calls project ‘a city’s dream.’
By CHUCK
ADAMSON of the Tribune’s staff
Published Wednesday, January 19, 2005
The Columbia
City Council listened to the first of two rounds of public
testimony last night on a proposed 965-acre annexation that
would be the largest in city history if successful.
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