Criminal damage to property owners all over the state is being done by forced annexation. The quote of the week, from a committee supposedly addressing reform of the law was posted in The Burlington Times-News:
Quote of the day on democracy and chaos
June 25th, 2009, 7:11 pm ·
The quote of the day comes from Rep. Earl Jones, D-Guilford:“Democracy is already chaotic enough.”

Jones was responding to a proposal by Rep. Johnathan Rhyne, R-Lincoln, that would have resulted in a bill dealing with changes to the state’s annexation law being easier to change when the bill gets to the House floor. Rhyne said he was trying to make it so that people other than those on the House Judiciary Committee reviewing the bill would be able to offer amendments without having to get a supermajority of votes to suspend the rules.

Jones disagreed, as did a majority of the committee members. Unless changed by the House Finance Committee, which reviews the bill next, the procedural measure will remain in effect when the bill gets to the floor.

There’s an old saying that laws are like sausage; you kind of like them both until you see how they’re made. It’s apropos in this case.

The so-called meeting was simply a show of power by the reigning party, who are doing nothing to right the wrongs of forced annexation. They have made what is a non-partisan problem worse by adopting a party platform of opposing reform!