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La Crosse council moves ahead Campbell annexation plans, as town tries to become village
The plans to incorporate the town of Campbell as a village are being blocked officially by the city of La Crosse.
The La Crosse city council, Thursday, had special meetings to discuss annexing Campbell property, to put a halt to incorporation and use reserve funds to pay legal fees.
The council voted to spend $45,000 from to pay legal expenses in the anticipated court fight with Campbell.
Council member Chris Woodard cast the only “no” vote on the annexation proposal.
“I understand everything that’s at stake here,” Woodard told the council, “but I also understand that those people are living there for a reason.”
Town leaders from Campbell went to court in December to file for incorporation, as the Village of French Island.
The city of La Crosse says letting Campbell become a village would duplicate services that can be provided by the city, such as installing a water system for the island.
Hundreds of residents in Campbell have been using bottled water for about four years, because PFAS “forever” chemicals found in private wells.
howard
February 14, 2025 at 6:48 pm
Lacrosse, no one really wants to be part of the city. Your taxes are to high, your services are starting to slip,and a lot of your neighborhoods are sketchy. Instead of building on your strengths and taking care of your tax paying citizens your current leaders think they are running a large cosmopolitan metropolis with the resources and responsibility to change the world. Stick to the basics , work with what you got and maybe you can become a nice city people would want to be a part of. If you use your imagination you can still see what nice a place it was.
Rob Abraham
February 16, 2025 at 2:54 pm
La Crosse taking this “we could care less what Campbell residents want” approach is much like Russia/Putin invading their neighbors. It will be a cold day in hell when the residents of Campbell willingly get annexed by La Crosse.