Cathy Heath, Director, StopNCAnnexation
For the May 5, 2011 WakeLP meeting, Cathy Heath, Director of StopNCAnnexation will be presenting. Cathy be giving an update about the legislation to reform annexation laws. She has been working in the grassroots effort to restore the rights of property owners to the annexation laws for ten years.
WHO IS STOPNCANNEXATION?
StopNCAnnexation is EVERYONE across NC fighting forced annexation.
StopNCAnnexation is a volunteer effort started by the people of the Dutchman Downs community in Wake County in 2003. The idea came about after this neighborhood was told it would be annexed forcibly into Cary, NC. Forced annexations were occurring all over North Carolina causing communities to organize local opposition groups. These groups needed to connect with each other and combine efforts to change the State law once and for all as they fought their local battles with municipalities.
StopNCAnnexation and the website launched the effort to make that possible through the internet.
Catherine Heath, the current Director, resides in one of the targeted suburban neighborhoods and joined the StopNCAnnexation effort in 2003. She has designed and maintains the website, compiles research information for use in fighting forced annexation, tracks news reports about annexations, monitors the General Assembly and the League of Municipalities and alerts the grassroots supporters. She also communicates the wishes of supporters of StopNCAnnexation to State legislators regarding Bills to reform forced annexation and works with Policy Groups regarding the arguments against forced annexation.
