I continue to be amazed that anyone would think that it is a bad thing for a neighborhood to have two or three city council members looking out for its interests. Can someone please explain to me why it is bad for a neighborhood to be in two or three wards?
Dean Zimmermann Mpls City Council Member - Ward 6 612-673-2206 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Lickness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 10:54 PM Subject: [Mpls] Redistricting plan > The redistricting plan received quite a bit of > attention tonight at the Whittier Alliance Annual > Meeting. Many found it interesting to say the least > that the commission would recommend that such a small > fraction of the neighborhood be chopped out and placed > in another political ward. > > What I personally find to be a travesty in this plan > is the recommendation to cut Phillips up into three > political wards. I was even more surprised to see that > Dean Zimmerman would endorse such a move in his own > plan. I have talked to several of the commissioners > and have been told this idea was the brainchild of the > DFL representatives on the commission. Is that true? > > Barb Lickness > Whittier > (Ward 6 soon to be conveniently redistricted into Ward > 10-and they say that redistricting shouldn't be about > people! That's a joke!) > > ===== > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, > it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.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 _______________________________________ 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
