David Brauer took mouse in hand and said: >My question is: after the city redistricts in 2002, do council members serve >their 1991 election districts or the new post-redistricting boundaries. (My >guess is they serve the current 1991 districts until 2005.)
>In other words, could I be voting for a 10th ward council member this year >but be in the 11th ward next year? Literally, whoever is elected this year will represent those constituents until the next election. However, political reality dictates that the new ward boundaries will heavily color what happens in the meantime. For example, if redistricting puts the entire Como neighborhood in the 1st ward, it would be ridiculous to assume that the 1st ward CM would not pay attention to the concerns of those new voters who will enter the ward upon the next election. Those same voters might also have trouble getting the ear of the 2nd ward CM, who will not have to deal with them in the next election. It's not a good situation. This mess was supposed to have been addressed by a series of charter amendments passed in 1988 at the instigation of Chuck Lutz, former council aide. The spirit of the Lutz amendments seems to have been ignored, or the amendments are backfiring. Whatever happened to Chuck anyway? Tony Hill Logan Park _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
