The Deep Brief: The Annexation War That Never Ends

Vol. III, No. 347 - Some Personal Reflections on Bethel Township, Huber Heights and the Friction That is All Too Real

For a generation, Bethel Township and Huber Heights have been locked in a slow-motion territorial dispute that most Miami County residents have watched from a distance. I didn’t get that luxury. From 2003 to 2006, I had a front-row seat — because I was Bethel Township’s first-ever administrator, hired with a simple and direct mandate: stop Huber Heights.

The marching orders were clear. The path to carrying them out was anything but.