The City of Charleston has dropped its suit against the Town's annexations on Peregrine Drive and Schooner Drive. This clears the way for the Town to begin a petition drive and hold an annexation election for the "West Fort Johnson Road" area as well as the end of Lighthouse Point.
I plan to start going door-to-door in the next couple of weeks. We need 25% of the registered voters in the area to be annexed to sign a petition. After that, the Town can schedule an election. If the majority of those voting in the election support returning to the Town, then they will be back.
The Town annexed 6 properties last spring, including the Peregrine Drive and Schooner Road properties, but also properties in Secessionville, the Grimball Road area, Riverrun, and on Sol Legare. The State of South Carolina sued the Town to block these annexations in Secessionville, the Grimball Road area, Riverrun, and on Sol Legare, insisting that the properties were not contiguous to the rest of the Town. The Town signed a consent order with the State, reversing these four annexations.
The City of Charleston sued the Town regarding all six annexations. The Town argued that the City has no standing to sue. The City dropped its suit.
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