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Dear Editor:
As someone who tries to stay up on the news affecting our lives, I subscribe to several local newspapers in Johnson County. While following the recent stories concerning the proposed annexation of several parcels of land by the city of Burleson, I found that the Cleburne Times-Review reported the following about statements made by Mayor Ken Shetter: “Shetter said residents in rural areas pay a fee to the city for use of fire protection. He then said that if the annexation does not happen by January of next year that service would no longer be available to residents outside the city limits.”
Many of the residents who live outside of Burleson city limits may remember me as the person who, earlier this year, worked very hard to lead the successful campaign for approximately 2,100 families to rejoin the Johnson County Emergency Services District after the city of Burleson decided to no longer provide fire service to them. Despite the fact that we won the referendum to rejoin the ESD, I learned that because of the legalese used on the ballots, many affected residents believed that their “yes” votes were cast to rejoin the Burleson Fire District, when in actuality the vote was to rejoin the ESD.
I wanted to take a moment to respond to the quoted newspaper article and explain that readers may misunderstand the above quote in the Times-Review. Let me clarify. If Burleson does not annex the targeted rural areas, their fire service with the city of Burleson will, in fact, terminate at the end of this year. Those residents will still have fire protection, but it will be through other fire departments, paid or volunteer, through the Johnson County Emergency Services District.
I hope that this clears up any misunderstanding that readers may have had.
Jerry Stringer
Burleson
Editor’s note: The article
referenced in this letter also
appeared in the
Burleson-Crowley Connection.
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