" Soy residente de Heber, y considero que tenemos casidad de decidir por nuestra comunidad y deseamos lo mejor para nuestros hijos. Pero lo primero que debemos a ser es de elejir mejores representantes en Heber Public Utility y en el condado, porque estos lideres actuales no tienen un liderasgo que demuestre la representatividad a nuestra entidad. Por mucho tiempo no hemos visto mejoria en nuesrta comunidad. Todo cambio a partir de las nuevas viviendas que se construyeron en Heber y ahun no hemos visto claro en esat area; se generaron bastantes impuestos sobre el valor de estas casas, en donde estan, ke han hecho con nuestro dinero. Ha donde se van los impuestos de las plantas geotermicas que pertenecen al area de Heber. No somos beneficiados en nada. POR ESTO Y MAS RESIDENTE DE HEBER SAL Y PREGUNTA POR TUS DERECHOS, ERES UN CIUDADANO DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS AMERICANOS, ERES UN HISPANO CON DIGNIDAD Y ESPIRITU DE PROGRESO NO TE CONFORMES. despues podremos decidr con que ciudad nos queremos ir. "

" This is not an issue of wants or taking on more problems. Annexation will benefit Heber if the terms for annexation are done properly. Either El Centro or Calexico have similar interests in Heber, and I feel would do an excellent job with meeting the needs of Heber residents. The financial benefits to either city are no secret so we should no why they are interested, the point here is we can no longer be wary of growth and worried about traffic. The Valley is growing and has grown we need the help of these bigger cities to keep up with the infrastructure needed to alleviate the traffic congestion. Its not that our roads are poorly planned its just that we have not kept up with the growth. Its time to move forward. Lets continue to attract Casinos and Malls, afterall these provide jobs. Lets move forward, and not hesitate. "

" I have no comment on which city is better (El Centro or Calexico). I will comment on why Heber should or should not be annexed. First, Heber residents should be given the right or have the right to cast their vote when annexation is on the table. I believe the Board should not make the decision on what's best for every Heber resident, this type of decision should be made by it's residents. I feel that if annexation is in the best interest for Heber and the outcome from annexation will provide a better quality of life for the residents, such as schools, parks, retail stores, grocery stores, roads, etc. then go for it. If annexation is in the best interest for the two other cities (El Centro and Calexico), then I would vote NO on annexation. What's important here is what's best for Heber, not the other way around. So, when the time comes and annexation is on a ballot, remember what I posted, thanks. "

" There is no need to bad mouth any of these towns. In reality each one of these towns has it's own problems and including Heber. Why Calexico would want it to be part of the town, who knows. Calexico needs to fix many things first before it takes on a more difficult task, like Heber. For example, The traffic after five feels like San Diego's traffic and why is the new Veterans Memorial Monument in disarray? Why hasn't it been restored? this is not right. "

" araujo this is not about race or mexican culture this about annexation. heber residents want el centro annexation, calexico seems to want everything from casinos to heber, you guys have walmart and downtown calexico. what else do you want? "

" this isn't about race, or mexican culture, why would heber want to be part of calexico? it seems calexico wants to be part of mexicali. heber should annex to el centro. "

" As a Calexico resident I'd prefer Heber to go towards El Centro. One main reason is because It's new housing and new shopping outlets are closer to El Centro. We don't need the violence that's going to come with Calexico and Heber together...it would be chaos! Calexico needs to fix it's own problems. Someone mentioned the schools, Yes there's a few new ones here but have they ever considered doing an all girls and all boys jr. high? I think it would benefit Calexico because there is so much distraction from the opposite sex at that age that kids start to fail drastically and this is the stage were we can help them stay focused!! Anyway going back to the subject...yeah, Heber we don't want you. "

" Ah, of course, araujo. The race card. I knew it was hiding in someone's hand. It IS the Valley, after all. It's kind of like that "Get out of Jail Free" card... hold onto it until you need in and then all of a sudden, BAM! There it is! "Heber can't join El Centro because there are more 'white' people there than there are in Calexico." Although I have failed to see the logic in your argument, I'm not at all surprised by it. Thanks for reminding us all where we live and how backward our ways of thinking are! "

" In the end it is up to the residents to decide, but why can't they just stay as their own town? It has it's own unique peronality, that makes it "Heber". I understand they aren't trying to change the way of living, but in the long run budgeting here, rezoning there, will change the town's feel. "

" The majority of the people of Heber and Calexico are of hispanic decent, the city council of Calexico and school board are mostly hispanic where representation of hispanics is these areas are rare in El Centro's it's eastside is not as pretty or desirable as it's westside it's southside ( Heber) would be the same. If y lived in Heber y would have two choices stay in the County or annex to Calexico. "

" Well Calexico has already constructed a new (3) public Jr. High along with another Elementary school and many other businesses in the making and future. "