Page 4/The Battalion/Wednesday, July 6, 1983 ti Threatened bY_annexation Small town wins big fight United Press International HACKBERRY — When the burgeoning suburbs of Dallas greedily eyed Hackberry’s land, the 228 citizens fought back, not with guns and tea raids like their ancestors more than 200 years ago, but in court. Now all they have to worry about is paying off a $8,500 bill for legal expenses and whether, as resident Steve Rosselle wryly put it, they will have to impose taxes to pay for police and fire and other city services. The struggle for incorpora tion began with the threat of being annexed by The Colony, a tract-home town built from scratch to the south a decade ago. The allure was Hackberry’s 236 acres of unincorporated ter ritory, mostly populated by families in trailer homes, each with its own well and septic tank, linked by roads maintained by the county. we didn’t have enough time to incorporate,” said Jean Buck- elew, co-leader of the drive to incorporate. That raised hackles all over town. Annexation would mean The Colony could collect taxes until developers created a demand for water and sewer services. Former Mayor Lonnie Richards of neighboring Little Elm offered a way out: Hackberry could become part of Little Elm. And pay Little Elm taxes, etc. “He was saying that some body’s going to get us, and that The day after the meeting, Buckelew and a neighbor, Janet Rosselle — whom she’d never met — got up a group and hired a lawyer to put together the legal work for incorporation. They’d worry about the money to pay him later. you want to do but leave us alone,”’ she said. A petition drive collected the necessary names and the group beat The Colony to court. In February, a county judge sche duled an election. On April 2, behind burlap curtains in the Buckelew’s garage, Hackberry’s citizens voted 25-16 to beconie a town. BARGAINS FROM J.E.L NEW!!! 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