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Published on: 9/29/2005
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Don Washburn of Onda-Lay Pipe said he is pleased the city has decided to proceed with repairs to the numerous potholes along Industrial Avenue, but he does not consider future annexation as an acceptable long-term solution to the deterioration there.
"We don't take city water," he said."We don't require city services.We have provided money to the city for years and there's no logical reason for annexation.Their reason is they want (the city's boundaries) to be a pretty, geometrical shape and that's a stupid reason.I want a real reason, and not just them extorting tax money because they can."
Washburn said the city wants business owners to pay for the road, and that he and other business owners around Industrial Avenue would be willing to work out an arrangement where they would chip in on the cost of fully repairing the road.But he said he is not interested in paying for the road and then having it annexed by the city at a later date.
"The only thing that businesses can do out here is find someone to run for City Council and get it back to a more pro-business stance than we have now, and we're working on that right now," Washburn said.
Washburn, a former City Council member, said he is considering running for the City Council himself.He said he is not interested in returning to office, but he feels it may be necessary.