{"id":2581,"date":"2018-01-10T17:25:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T22:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/?p=2581"},"modified":"2018-01-10T17:25:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T22:25:32","slug":"property-owners-push-weatherford-to-drop-forced-annexation-land-grab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/2018\/01\/10\/property-owners-push-weatherford-to-drop-forced-annexation-land-grab\/","title":{"rendered":"Property Owners Push Weatherford to Drop Forced Annexation \u201cLand Grab\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;Due to public backlash, a city in Parker County (TX) has dropped plans to forcibly annex 1,300 acres of unincorporated private property \u2013 for now.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Weatherford was prepared to rush through involuntary annexations of over 50 properties in the Zion Hill area. City council members had hoped to conclude the process quickly, before a new state law takes effect December 1 that will require certain cities to get owners\u2019 approval before annexing their property.<\/p>\n<p>Weatherford\u2019s haste to lay claim to the Zion Hill land \u2013 with or without the owners\u2019 consent \u2013 also coincided with a vote in November by the nearby community of Peaster to incorporate, a move that could limit Weatherford\u2019s future expansion.<\/p>\n<p>Pushback from concerned property owners across the county put a temporary stop to Weatherford\u2019s annexation plans.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more about this attempted land grab at <a href=\"https:\/\/empowertexans.com\/around-texas\/property-owners-push-weatherford-drop-forced-annexation-land-grab\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Empower Texans<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Due to public backlash, a city in Parker County (TX) has dropped plans to forcibly annex 1,300 acres of unincorporated private property \u2013 for now. The City of Weatherford was prepared to rush through involuntary annexations of over 50 properties in the Zion Hill area. City council members had hoped to conclude the process quickly, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,17,29,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-federal","category-international","category-misc","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582,"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581\/revisions\/2582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granitestatefutures.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}