The difference is the fact that the people of Nikiski will be voting on the new city, unlike Soldotna and Homer where only those already in the city get to vote, not the areas being annexed. The same problem for Dillingham, nobody lives on the bay, so that was a land grab. Nikiski has almost all of the industry here on the peninsula, but gets very little back from the borough, which is why they are trying to get permission to vote on it.