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"The Damage Has Been Done!" Cheyenne Annexes WY Farm Fresh, Owners To Leave Town

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Source: Cowboy State Daily

After spending more than eight months fighting to keep their small farm out of Cheyenne's city limits, David and Tommie Kniseley got what they had fought so hard to prevent Monday night.And this time, they asked for it.The Cheyenne City Council voted 8-2 Monday to annex the 5.6-acre WY Fresh Farm into the city limits effective Dec. 7, bringing an end to months of bitter disputes, accusations and deteriorating relations between the farm owners and city officials. The farm is part of a larger group of county properties being annexed.But the Kniseleys aren't celebrating.Instead, they say the fight has cost them their dreams of operating a small farm on the outskirts of Cheyenne, and they intend to leave."The damage has been done," Tommie Kniseley told the council Monday.

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