Show Annexation protest Dear Sir Apparently the abettors and perpetrators of the far fetched scheme to annex property to Vernal City having been briefly frustrated in their designs have decided to recur to blackmail in inan Inan inan an effort to accomplish by foul what they could not accomplish accomplish accomplish ac ac- ac- ac by fair I am apprised apprised apprised ap ap- ap- ap that every out of city applicant for a water connection connection connection con con- is handed what t purports to be an annexation petition u wherein herein he agrees for himself and his successors to include the property within any plat Vernal City might designate and that the same may be Included Included included In In- in any assortment of petitions for this purpose Moreover in event the signer object or in any way tries to oppose annexation he will forfeit his connection Such a brazen extortionate attempt to affect the annexation schemes of Vernal City deserves the of every honest citizen even though it is questionable that any court would allow such a contract to stand or allow the city to exercise its extortion by terminating terminating terminating ter ter- ter- ter the connection in the event the applicant exercised l his s valid legitimate constitutional constitutional constitutional con con- right to change his mind on the question at public issue The implications of fraud as well as extortion glares through so ominously in the tactic that public interest demands that a thorough investigation investigation investigation in in- be undertaken to determine the motive of the abettors of this brazen scheme In the meantime deference to honesty requires that an aroused public intone its objections objections ob oh- to this fetched far-fetched blackmail Respectfully yours ALVING NASH NASA |