Secession Begins !!

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   Bridgewood subdivision residents have filed a petition to secede from Middletown and return to Turtle Creek. 

http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/neighborhood-asks-to-secede-from-city-166109.html?cxtype=rss_local-news

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Hermes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: May 19 2009 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1637	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hermes Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Secession Begins !! Posted: Jun 17 2009 at 8:25am
	Bridgewood subdivision residents have filed a petition to secede from Middletown and return to Turtle Creek. http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/neighborhood-asks-to-secede-from-city-166109.html?cxtype=rss_local-news
	No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !!

Vivian Moon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: May 16 2008 Location: Middletown, Ohi Status: Offline Points: 4187	Post Options Post Reply Quote Vivian Moon Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jun 17 2009 at 8:36am
	Hermes How dare the Bridgewood subdivision residents secede from the City of Middletown! (I’m really green with envy)

Pacman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jun 02 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2612	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pacman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jun 17 2009 at 9:00am
	I doubt it will be Ok'd by the City as it will set a precedent #1 and #2 the reason for the action amounts to about 35 Cents a day for a job paying $50,000.00 a year. But them again I am not up on all of the legal steps that could lead to a successful secession.

Mike_Presta Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: Apr 20 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3483	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mike_Presta Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jun 17 2009 at 9:08am
	There is a small creek (actually a drainage ditch) that meanders along the rear lot lines of several of the lots in our neighborhood, including ours. During and after hard rains, it often rises to the point where a small "island" with a single tree forms. Since about 1999 or 2000, whenever City Hall has pulled an especially boneheaded move, I have joked that "next time the creek rises and forms our 'island', I'm gonna hang a flag from the tree and declare it the *'Sovereign Nation of Commonsensonia',* free from the tyranny of Middletown!" I hope those folks can pull off succession, but I doubt that the city will allow it without a fight, and that will be expensive. I wonder if I could convince 75% of my neighbors?
	“Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012

VietVet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008	Post Options Post Reply Quote VietVet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jun 17 2009 at 9:42am
	The story says that they want to leave the city for Turtlecreek Township because of the difference in city taxes that they have to pay. Think that's the real reason???- OR- could it be that those folks are just tired of the nonsense from this inept city government and are ashamed of living in the welfare city of SW Ohio? This ought to be a message for those in the city building--- but--- maybe not. They're probably too busy fighting this enormous cemetery problem and arguing with people who are just trying to help them. Combined with the HUD funding fiasco and the downtown cluster, it may be beyond their abilities to handle.

Smokey Burgess Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Resident Joined: Jun 04 2009 Status: Offline Points: 172	Post Options Post Reply Quote Smokey Burgess Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Jun 17 2009 at 11:03am
	Viet Vet - Thank you again for your keen insight and right-on-target comments. By the way, I will not give up on exposing the truth about the City's waste and mismanagement of HUD funds. And, I do wish to thank Miss Vivian Moon for her steadfast desire to tell the sordid truth about the City's neglect of the Historic Pioneer Cemetery. I am giving her $100 for legal expenses and I trust that others will help her with legal expenses.