It was true 3 years ago, and it's true today.
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Originally Posted by urban_encounter
Because Sacramento borders Arden Arcade to the east, north and south, annexing the 13.3-square-mile area east of the Arden Fair mall would create a "more seamless efficient government," Cohn said...
...Steve Eggert, a recent addition to the Arden Arcade community council, says small governments can result in parochial decision-making that doesn't take the wider community into account...
"I'm against Balkanization. I strongly favor annexation," Eggert said...
...Dickinson said, he finds annexation would be less onerous than incorporation...
..."If we keep chopping up the county into more and more jurisdictions, it will have an adverse effect on the ability of the county and the region as a whole to come to agreement on issues."...
...she said she's "growing increasingly concerned about the number of new cities."...
..."We are going to have to learn to be more regional, from water to solid waste," Hammond said...
...As for Arden Arcade, Hammond said annexation might make sense...
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The more the county is fractured, the worse local government cooperation becomes (the biggest issue, IMO). It's already become apparent with the relationship Sacramento and Elk Grove have. It's really funny too that most of the population in this area doesn't even know they're not in the city limits of Sacramento. Hell, most people who live there consider themselves Sacramentans.
And sorry, a place built as a neighborhood is not a city. Property tax does not pay the bills at the local government level in California. If they want the level of services a city can provide, join Sacramento, cause "Arden-Arcade" will do about as well as the county has.