I talked with one of these folks last weekend. His name is Ted Drummond. After being caught in the infamous Kovarik Road annexation a couple years back, Mr. Drummond moved to Wellington Lane. This placed his home west of the Wichita Falls city limits. But last year, he again fell victim to annexation as a tax-hungry Wichita Falls seized much of the property along Wellington Lane.
Annexation is that despicable tool used by cities to forcibly expand their borders.
Actually, annexation is about forcing more people to pay tribute into the city's coffers in spite of the fact that most of them have no desire to do so. Now, the current drought is drying up wells along Wellington Road at an accelerated clip. Mr. Drummond talked about how two of his neighbors are now completely without on-site water. The nearest fire hydrant to Mr. Drummond's property is about 1,000 feet away. This means that any firefighting would have to be done by fire department tanker trucks, resulting in one of the highest rates of insurance possible.