All You Need to Know to Vote No on New Cities

The new cities of Lavista Hills and Tucker will be voted on this November 3, 2015. Residents who say they hope to escape from county problems will be disappointed to learn that the same people who have been accused of corruption in the county are behind these new cities and have pitted the two areas against each other intentionally. Otherwise, the residents would have no reason to incorporate unless they feared "takeover" from the other side or surrounding cities. Those fear tactics should not be tolerated and are, in fact, illegal under federal law.

Don't vote for a city if you are not sure who will be leading it and what they intend to do. We can continue to get along with our neighbors and stop the fighting and destructive competition that keeps most people's focus on each other rather than the true thieves funneling money to their own friends and family networks.

DON'T JOIN THEM by approving the ridiculous boundaries and poor service offerings that will cost everyone more money = VOTE AGAINST THEIR PLAN! Keep your money in your own pocket and wait until the legislature has fixed the city process so that it is a fair and accurate method, not one that is mainly a political beast set to destroy anyone who gets in its way.

We can root out the corrupt and turn our current government around instead of giving them an escape route into new cities, non partisan elections and appointments that could even further the careers of a few into state offices as well.

Do the right thing -

Vote NO on NO-NO-NOvember 3.

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