I do not support the current redistricting plan because the newly created Ward 5 residents are too isolated from downtown's wealth. I find it interesting that areas like Warehouse District /North Loop, which will be no longer in Ward 5 but now into Ward 7, benefited the most from governmental economic revitalization, but are no longer part of the Ward 5 as currently proposed by the redistricting commission. Why did the redistricting commission make this change? Who will benefit? Who will lose? Does this change truly create "minority opportunity" when economic wealth will be removed?
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