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Threatened bY_annexation
Small town wins big fight
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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.
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“It (annexation) was like
building a little wall around us,”
said Rosselle, whose house
offers a view of water towers
from three adjoining towns.
“We told those cities, ‘Do what
Since then, Hackberry has
placed a population sign at the
corner of King’s Road and Rose
Lane. A city council election is
set for Aug. 13.
And the Hackberry Hullaba
loo was scheduled to help pay
off the new town’s legal debts.
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