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Originally Posted by janmcn

In the early 2000's, residents were asked to vote on becoming a city and they voted it down because of the expense involved. This was when the population was less than 30,000. Today that expense would be much higher.

Think of all the things that a city provides that would have to be put in place: policemen and firemen, garbage pick-up, water and sewer, a city hall, all the various inspection offices, all the elected officials, etc etc etc.

The developer would probably be happy to sell the new "city" his facilities, but at what price?

This is really off the subject of the IRS investigation. Majority rules works well in probably 99% of the country, but not on Indian reservations, military bases, college campus, prisons, or The Villages. It's never going to happen here.

Can't think of many cities being run by government workers that is successful. Too much waste and whining and not enough hard work. TV is the most efficient "city" I have ever had the opportunity to live in. Things just happen on schedule and seem to work without a hitch. If private enterprise was involved in running more parts of a city I believe we would start to see things turn around. They have to make a profit - they can't just raise taxes.