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I realize I'm not a geo-expert, but something tells me a map that puts
people from the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood in the same voting district as
people living along the 94 stretch in North Mpls is written that way for a
reason. And probably not a good one. Ward 03 -- as given in the final map
from the commission -- is bizarre.
It's especially bizarre for Ward 03 to cross the river at that point, but
not to bring in the residential areas downtown. The people living in the
warehouse district and along the Washington Avenue corridor would seem to
have a fairly strong bond with their neighbors just across the river.
Better at least than they do with the mansion owners of Kenwood and the
Cedar Lake/Lake of the Isles areas.
And on the topic of Ward 07. What the heck? Elliott Park neighborhood is
totally going to get ramrodded on anything by the rich in downtown and
Kenwood! There is a HUGE population of people living just south in/of
downtown who have absolutely no voice in this plan.
I'm having a hard time seeing it on the map Mr. Brauer provided, but it
looks like Seward/Cedar-Riverside is lumped in with the wealthier
neighborhoods to the south and east. Instead, Elliott Park,
Cedar/Riverside, and then south to Franklin... this whole area is split
into FOUR different wards.
Now I wouldn't complain about any of this if the map looked like it was
drawn impartially. But the map is a mess! There is so little consistency
to the shape and size of the wards that one can only conclude the lines
were drawn the way they were with intent. And apparently the intent was to
make sure that sizable numbers of minorities and liberals would be
overwhlemed by moderates and conservatives at the polls.
Well, that's probably enough ranting from a guy stuck in Ward 04.
- -michael libby (Cleveland/North Mpls)
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