Consolidation can never be un-done.

Fact:  We expect that  consolidation will not only be embraced in a referendum, but once in place, that even citizens once opposed to it will find the benefits of consolidation far outweigh any difficulties.  That's precisely what happened in Iron River where, five years after consolidating, it was difficult to find a single citizen who didn't think consolidation had worked out for the best.  But as to not being able to be un-done, that's not true.  The term for such a move is "disincorporation" as the leader of the current opposition group knows quite well, since he was directly involved in such an action when The Village of Douglas moved to become a city. (Apparently, after publishing their "no do-overs" position, the consolidation opponents looked at the law and determined--as pointed out here--that there actually is a procedure that could be followed in the highly unlikely event voters wanted to "disincorporate."  Oddly, after supplying the details of how a "do-over" can be accomplished, the opponents still left the "no do-overs" misstatement in place elsewhere on their site. )