Three Years And Counting–Happy Anniversary

It was November 17, 2005 when the Fishers Town Council announced their intention to annex the Geist area into the Town of Fishers. As we recall, Scott Faultless, Town Council President, said Geist would welcome Fishers with open arms. Well, their extreme arrogance continues, but so does our battle.

A week from today, November 24th, our day in court begins. We’ve held off this unjust and unwanted forced annexation for three years almost to the date of our court date. Win or lose, we’ve shown the Town Council that we simply will not bow to their dictates. We are ready, willing, and able to take them on.

Win or lose, with appeals, etc. we will probably hold them off for another year or two (if not longer). So, thanks to the efforts of a lot of people–block captains, neighborhood coordinators, people willing to go door-to-door to collect money and get remonstrance petitions signed, people attending (and contributing generously at) fund-raising events, and everyone who donated money to the cause–we have all saved thousands of dollars in additional (and unnecessary) property taxes and, more importantly, we’ve shown seven rather self-important people that we are a forced to be reckoned with.

And don’t forget, they’ve outspent us more than 10 to 1. Their citizens must be very proud, don’t you think?

Happy Anniversary to all of us and congratulations to all of us! See you in court next week.