Legislation to undo local annexations already approved by town boards and city councils might face a tough time in the Senate. Senate leader Phil Berger said Tuesday that he sees a sharp difference between such bills and a moratorium on future annexation, which appears to enjoy broad support among Senate Republicans. “It’s going to be difficult, it seems to me, for something like that (repealing local annexations) to move all the way through the legislature,” said Berger, R-Rockingham. The House Government Committee has already approved two bills to repeal local annexation ordinances adopted in Lexington and Kinston. The bills were then referred to the House Finance Committee. Another bill to repeal an annexation in Rocky Mount has also been filed. (THE INSIDER, 2/16/11).
