Article: Anti-annexation message delivered.(Government)(Eugene: River Road and Santa Clara residents voice opposition to any plan to join the city.)

Byline: SUSAN PALMER The Register-Guard

Back off, Eugene.

That's the message a dozen River Road and Santa Clara residents delivered at a public hearing on urban services held in the North Eugene High School cafeteria on Thursday night.

Over and over again, they stood at the microphone and said: "We don't want to be annexed."

Curiously, annexation wasn't on the official agenda at Thursday night's meeting. The gathering was sponsored by the River Road and Santa Clara urban services committees, a group of 16 area residents convened by Lane County and Eugene to help sort out the tangled way residents get the normal services their taxes pay ...

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