The CotoBuzz Journal, Community Journalism

AUGUST 2008 ISSUE

We do not make jokes, we simply watch the LA Times, the Orange County Register and CID/HOA board of directors and report the facts!

Coto de Caza: Annexation? No thanks

July 14, 2008

"AS SMALL and vulnerable as they may appear on the map, the three unincorporated sections that make up Midway City represent a 50-year fight to remain independent", reads an an article in today's Los Angeles Times about Midway City and the desire of most of its residents to remain unincorporated:

One can infer from the article that the CZ board of directors would not be welcome there.

The community's resistance to annexation hinges on its water distribution and unincorporated property tax rate. Three Midway City-based companies provide well water at a low monthly rate. If the islands were annexed, residents fear water meters would be installed and the 1% tax rate would adjust to what property owners pay in surrounding cities -- about 1.125%.

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