> At-large council members could provide some recourse when the ward council
> member is unresponsive. Yes I know that the proper thing to do with an
> unresponsive council member is to wait until the next election and then
> vote for someone else, but that doesn't address the problem while it is
> occurring. What happens now is that certain council members act like
> at-large representatives of certain populations. So when my council
member <...snip...>
Waaaayyyy back in the 60's and 70's at large representation was another
way of preventing minority populations from having representation. Why
would we be any different?
As to having a minority at large representative: How do we determine which
minorities get the representative(s)? Who decides what a minority group is
that should be represented in this way? What about religious group at
large representatives? Down that route lies much litigation...
Instant Runoff Voting: I sort of like the idea but I fear the Florida
butterfly ballot effect.
Rich McMartin
Bryant Neighborhood.
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