It's not. When councilmembers are forced to share a constituent base, he/she
is more attuned to the shared constituency.
Andy
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"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied
corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of
strength, and bid defiance to the laws of the country."
--- Thomas Jefferson,1816
> From: "Dean Zimmermann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 22:54:47 -0600
> To: "Barbara Lickness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Mpls] Redistricting plan
>
> 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!)
>>
>> =====
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> change the world. Indeed,
>> it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead
>>
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