08.08.07
. The idea of “planning” in Lexington is to do whatever the already wealthy developers want the City to do, and as a result the Town of Lexington has one of the poorest ecological conditions in the state, most vexing traffic chaos, and disgruntled, angry citizens who are the last consideration (if considered at all) in the towns’ decision making.
Forced annexations and the town’s lack of consideration for surrounding homeowners when facilitating the sporatic and chaotic area development has lead to a “gold rush” approach toward development, crippling the possible charm and thoughtful maturity that could otherwise be possible. With over sixty abandoned buildings and building sites inside the city limits, the City Planning and Council continue to annex more County land at the request of developers and in disregard of the neighboring residents. Ignoring the needful areas within their own borders, they capture new land in an almost reckless and salivating haste. The City buys land for itself, losing tax revenue while putting it’s taxpayers deeper into debt and continues to fall millions of dollars into debt by borrowing money to annex even more areas that do not want to be annexed. It is time the City residents began to demand, finally, that their tax dollars actually be spent in their own neighborhoods….