Pinehurst, N.C. — The Village Council voted unanimously Friday to annex the Pinewild community.
Pinewild, a gated golf course community developed in the 1980s, fought the annexation for months. Many of the residents said they believe Pinehurst just wants the tax revenue they would generate.
But Village of Pinehurst Manager Andy Wilkinson said the annexation would improve police and fire protection in Pinewild and would extend other municipal services.
Pinehurst also is considering annexing Jackson Hamlet, an older, primarily African-American community. But Wilkinson said the community isn't developed enough under state law to allow annexation right now.



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June 16, 2007 10:26 a.m.
We, too, were annexed, by the lovely city of Durham -- our taxes doubled, the only new service we got was trash pickup, and now they even want to take our fire station away, and replace our fire service with a station miles away, while our local firestation provides service to other areas even further away. Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it? Once the city annexed our area, it started to go downhill fast, so now we have no choice but to move. That's Durham for ya...
I feel sorry for any area that is annexed against their will. It seems so downright un-American. Oh, that's right, today being American means being a bully.
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