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the 5-day annexation bench trial of areas on Bloomington Southwest side begins Monday special judge Nathan G niker of Lawrence Circuit Court will hear arguments from annexation of areas 1 a and 1B those are the two proposed annexed areas that had more than 51% of remonstrant signatures but less than the 65% needed to overturn annexation the longer this goes on um the more divisive it has become and that's not because of uh efforts by us it's just a unilateral by definition an involuntary annexation in 2021 former mayor John Hamilton called the annexation historic steps to rightsize the city after 17 years mayor Carrie Tompson says further action from her Administration may need to wait until the lawsuits are resolved the other five areas reached the more than 65% threshold to void annexation but those areas are being challenged by the city in a separate case claiming a 2019 state law about remonstrance validity is unconstitutional Tri begins 9:00 a.m. Monday at the Monroe County Justic