Land Swap on Hold - For Now!

A potential "Land Swap" between Granite Shoals and Horseshoe Bay that has riled Wilderness Cove residents and taxpayers is on hold - for now! Meanwhile The RiverCities Tribune reports residents say, "We felt that they (Granite Shoals) were trying to make a land grab" and We don't think we should be a big piggy bank for Granite Shoals." The ETJ's for Granite Shoals and Horseshoe Bay are 1-mile radius around each city's limits. However, a longstanding lawsuit by two neighborhoods that questions the City of Granite Shoals open, honest government on annexations and home rule may impact Granite Shoals ETJ from 1-mile to a half mile thereby releasing Wildness Cove from any hostile annexation by Granite Shoals.

Statesman says "Islanders can have day in court!"

April 2, 2009 Page B2, Austin American Statesman, announces, the 3rd Court of Appeals upheald the decision of a state district judge in Burnet County who said the district court does have jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit Beaver Island residents filed against the City of Granite Shoals. "It's a setback, no getting around that, but it's an intermediate step," said Conny Caputo. a high dollar attorney representing the City. After 3 attempts to mediate with the City only to be thwarted each time, The residents of Beaver Island and Web Isle anxiously await their day in Court! The City has 45 days to appeal to the Texas Supreme Court from the date of the ddecision which was March 19, 2009. The decision of the 3rd Court of Appeals was written by Chief Justice Woodie Jones who is considered a jurisdictional expert.