Annexation by the City of Wilmington only increases taxes for citizens. There is not one service offered by the city that county residents need for the increased price. The City Council needs to focus on the things necessary to improve the city all around and stop with the petty stuff. The sign at Flip's should be grandfathered. In this economy you really want to force these additonal cost of tearing down signs and erecting new ones on small businesses. Please start to tackle something more important.