In a message dated 4/8/02 11:15:18 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Could someone explain the format for the public hearing on April 11 before the Redistricting Commission? 1. How much time do speakers have? 2. How late in the evening is the public hearing scheduled to go? 3. What is the Commission's role and obligation in listening to us? 4. Do you accept redistricting maps in crayon and/or on a napkin? Seriously, if someone could answer just two or three of these questions I'd be happy. Gregory Luce Project 504/Minneapolis (North Phillips) _______________________________________ >> Keith says; Excellent questions asked by Greg Luce. The sad fact that they need to be asked seriously weakens credibility of this redistricting romp. No answers so far with closure fast approaching. The dark-horse proposal called the NAACP Plan may be the crayon to napkin map referenced by Greg Luce. I respect oral tradition as part of the Afro-American tradition, but I do think a map and a plan promoted by this prestigious organization must still include street names to go along with the squiggly lines. And do they squiggle! As this dark-horse proposal (NAACP Plan) appears less dark, as it gains acceptance: It has assumed, for me, the appearance of a stalking-horse (Check your dictionary if your not an equestrian/politico such as T-Bonham). Brave CM Natalie Johnson Lee says she was penciled out, from the middle of her ward, in this plan. Looking at their map (NAACP), there appears a stairstep style gerrymeandering that, oops, just misses CM Johnson Lee's home, but neatly hooks Jackie C's. How can anyone be sure since, as yet, the street names haven't appeared on any copy of an NAACP Plan I can access? Stalking-horse ya' say? Well, in conversations with The Honorable Leola Seals, past president of our local NAACP, she makes clear and simple to me, the packing of the NAACP membership roster in the late 1990s. She was ousted her and cover then provided for the demolition of the ghetto, in what I call the Hollman Juggernaut. The mechanism is in place, is this what the NAACP is trotting out. So...help me out. Is the not so dark-horse a stalking horse? Keith Reitman, I will now take cover, NearNorth I wonder if anyone on the List can offer up the access address of the circa 1998 City pages cover story on the bumping of Leola Seals and packing of the NAACP. I am a techno wimp looking for a geek here, thanks. _______________________________________ 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
