Is this really news to anyone that lives here? It's like finally the media (who never wants to criticize our local government, have to go to Raleigh media for in depth coverage) is willing to even talk about it. What's worse is that our city council is a bunch of lame ducks. Focus on serving your citizens instead of yourself for awhile please. Your only idea to solve your $$ woes is to annex and bring in more unserviced citizens. Has Wilmington had enough yet of these self-serving career politicians?