The new 6th ward boundaries have Ventura Village and West Phillips in the ward in their entirety. East Phillips and Midtown are in the 9th ward in their entirety. Sorry to those who object, but, the days of one Phillips neighborhood are about to be over. Ventura Village applied for independent neighborhood status and it was approved on Thursday by the committee of the whole. I fully expect the Planning Commission, the Zoning and Planning Committee and the City Council and Mayor will approve this application. For many years now, Phillips has been the only planning community in Minneapolis with only one neighborhood. Soon, it will be at least two and I would wager a guess that within a year or two it will be four.
I think the alignment of Phillips made good sense. Both East Phillips and Midtown Phillips have significant issues on Lake Street. East Phillips has Hi-lake. They are planning these projects in conjunction with Powderhorn Park, Longfellow and Corcoran so it makes sense that they share a common councilmember. I am not sure how happy Gary Schiff is with the new alignment. As far as representation for the newly drawn sixth ward goes, many of us in Whittier are thrilled that Robert Lilligren has been redistricted into our ward. I support him wholeheartedly and will work very hard to make sure he is elected here. I don't know who else will surface as candidates, but, as long as Robert Lilligren is in the sixth ward, I am supporting him 150%. I truly believe the redistricting thing is far from over. I have heard of at least 3 law suits that will be filed, mostly over the configuration of the 7th ward v.s. the 5th. So, it's not over till it's over. Barb Lickness Whittier (left in tact and back in ward 6) ===== "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
