The news that the LifeBridge annexation won't be pursued has come as a big shock to a lot of folks. It has caused a lot of anger on both sides of the issue.

LifeBridge Christian Church was looking to annex the land to the city of Longmont sothe organization could build a mixed-use development on the property. They withdrew the proposal yesterday.

The church is located on the north side of Longmont andowns about 360 acres of land to the east of the city, bounded by Weld County Road 26 on the north,Colorado 119 on the south, Weld County Road 5 on the east and Weld County Road 3 on the west.

Case in point --earlier today, I received a phone call from a reader asking me why we chose to print Kaye Fissinger's letter about the topic. The reader said that she felt the letter was hateful and sarcastic.

I told the reader that we were trying to drum up some community commentary on the topic and that's why we chose to run the letter.

She told me that she thought enough had been said about it already.

I told her that we didn't think so, and that a little public discourse is never a bad thing. In fact, I told her, if she wanted to sound off on the topic, we'd be more than happy to print her letter, too.

She didn't seem too interested in that. which is OK.In this country, people are free to speak their mind if they want to. They are also free to remain silent if they so desire.

Here's the Denver Post story about the annexation being dropped. Click here to read it.

Included in the Daily Camera's story is the full statement from the folks at LifeBridge. Click here to read it.

Have a comment on what happened? Post it on YourHub.com or share your comments below.

Here's a roundup of what's been said on YourHub.com about the LifeBridge annexation. Want to sound off on what you think about how things played out? Post your own story about it on YourHub.com or send an e-mail to news@yourhub.com.

Kaye Fissinger posted a letter to the editor about the topic a few days ago. Click here to read what she had to say.

Just moments after it was announced that the LifeBridge annexation would not go forward, Chris Rodriguez posted the second part of his Election Autopsy. Click here to read that and you can also click here to read more about his feelings on the Longmont City Council.