Border wars: Annexation issues heat up NoCo

In the 1959 Peter Sellers movie “The Mouse that Roared,” a tiny, impoverished nation called The Duchy of Grand Fenwick declared war on the United States, hoping a swift defeat by a superpower would lead to a foreign-aid windfall.

That is not quite the scenario that unfolded during 2008 at the junction of Interstate 25 and Harmony Road, but it is at least reminiscent.

Timnath, with an official population of 230, in June announced its intent to reach across Interstate 25 to scoop up 266 acres of land that Fort Collins, population 131,000, regards as its gateway. The gambit set in motion…