Hi everyone - the redistricting geek's not done yet! A list member noted that some of my earlier plans (http://members.tcq.net/david/index.htm) do not conform to charter requirements (which, knuckleheadedly, I had not read...it's why my wife's the lawyer).
Anyway, believe it or not, the charter has an "anti-gerrymandering" requirement that requires wards be no more than twice as tall as they are wide! (With tall being north-south and wide being east-west.) That renders some of my plans - especially the ones designed to integrate within wards - moot. That's ok; I never thought they were politically realistic - they were meant to show what had to be done to keep neighborhoods intact while integrating wards. I need knowledgeable members' help: the server with the city charter is down, so if someone could email me any other redistricting strictures contained in the charter, I'd be grateful. Just hit reply to this message. On the more entertaining front, some of my plans - all of which I drafted without regard to where incumbents live - have apparently thrown 3 council members together in some cases. Bwah hah hah! Two council members have, um, politely mentioned my unintentional game of how-many-incumbents-can-one-cram-into-a-new ward. Anyway, it made me wonder which neighborhoods incumbents live in. I only know three: Ward 7: Lisa Goodman, Loring Park Ward 9: Gary Schiff, Corcoran Ward 10: Dan Niziolek, Lyndale I'd love to know the rest. If anyone can send me that list (partial list is fine) directly, I'll put it on the redistricting site. Thanks, David Brauer Ward 10 - Kingfield Geek _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________ 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
