I respectfully dissent. Once again the majority has failed to address the issue of contiguity and has declined to require that the annexed territory have a substantial common boundary with the city, as well as form a homogeneous part of the city. See my special concurrence in City of Fultondale v. City ofBirmingham, 507 So.2d 489 (Ala. 1987). Furthermore, the majority appears to condone "gerrymandering," which is contrary to all reasonable views of municipal annexation. I cannot condone this practice.