You pay the lowest bidder, you get what you pay for. What would take 3 months will turn into 6 months. What would cost a certain amount will increase also. As far as the City Manager operating under teh direction of the people....that's a LOAD. Once elected, the City Manager does what he wants. As far as the annexation is concerned, those of us that live in the County had no say in who was elected...since we don't live in the City we didn't get to vote