Cheyenne resident asks court to overturn Microsoft annexation, nullify council’s petition review

CHEYENNE — A Cheyenne resident who has spent nearly a year attending Cheyenne City Council meetings to speak against various industrial development-related items has asked a court to overturn a Microsoft data center annexation and nullify the council’s decision to seek judicial review on a citizen-led petition.

Heather Madrid Donis on Sept. 3 filed two petitions for review in Laramie County District Court regarding the City Council’s July 13 decision to annex nearly 3,460 acres on the city’s southeast edge for a Microsoft data center expansion, as well as the council’s Aug. 10 decision to seek judicial review of a community-circulated petition against the annexation and data center.

Attempts to reach Donis for comment were not returned by publication time.

Annexation ordinance

The land, known as the Highlands annexation, was formerly owned by…