Obviously all the focus has been on the Supreme court hearings on Obamacare, but closer to home a Superior Court judge has issued another significant ruling:
Wake County Superior Court Judge Shannon Joseph issued a written order Tuesday throwing out the petition process authorized last by the Republican-led General Assembly. The measure halted a municipality’s effort to expand its borders if enough property owners in the targeted area said no. The case is likely to be settled in the appellate courts.
The judge’s decision affects property owners near Lexington who have used the petition process to fight annexation. A spokesman for Sen. Phil Berger said he “will continue to protect property owners from tax-hungry municipalities,” probably through more legislation “to effectively cancel the pending involuntary annexations simply by repealing them altogether.”
