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Buellton Residents Pound Council on Boundary Expansion
By Melinda Burns
Friday, June 29 2007

The expansion of a city’s sphere of influence is generally the first step toward the annexation and urbanization of rural land. Photo by Suzan HamiltonIt was standing room only on Thursday night as Buellton residents begged the City Council not to let their small, tranquil, neighborly town triple in size — not now, not later, not ever.