Now that the Boundary Review Board unanimously has voted in favor of allowing Klahanie to vote on annexation to Issaquah, it appears there may be an appeal of the ruling, possibly dragging out the decision well into 2014. It would be an appeal by anti-annexation followers who have challenged the facts with non-truths and rumors.

Why waste the taxpayers’ money, time and efforts to continue this battle of cities. The right to annex legally belongs to Issaquah and it already has completed a thorough study, this time and in 2004-05, of the positives/negatives, costs/revenue considerations and decided with a 5-1 positive vote by the City Council to move forward.

Sammamish had eight years since the 2005 vote to negotiate with Issaquah and King County toward an opportunity for them to annex Klahanie and nearby neighborhoods and did nothing until now. Sammamish doesn’t want us or it would have taken action sooner. However it does need us and our tax revenue for growth – while Issaquah wants us and has shown it through its efforts and actions. Issaquah offers lower property taxes than King County and Sammamish while providing significantly better public services.

Let the people of the Klahanie make the decision on annexation with a vote in February and don’t support an appeal that costs money, wastes time and most likely will be unsuccessful.

Michael Foss, Brookshire Estates, Klahanie