Thanks Brian for the detailed and clear discussion of the Charter Commission and the selection of the Redistricting Commissioners. Thinking about this topic has raised a couple more questions.
How come two Green Party members were not selected in the same manner as the 2 DFL, 2 Republican and 2 Independents? I thought after the 2000 election, the Greens achieved major party status in the state. So, was the Redistricting Commission two members short, or did the Green Party fail to submit a list? I apologize if this has already been discussed. I was out of town for the whole first week of April, so I wasn't following this as closely as I would have liked. The city Charter states: "Within 15 days after receiving the lists of party nominees and self nominees, the Charter Commission shall select by a majority vote of all of its members, two members from each major party to serve on the Redistricting Commission, at least one of which must be from the lists submitted by the parties." Also, I'm not sure if the timing of the meetings and the plan proposals was appropriate. The Charter tells us: "A copy of the tentative plan shall be published as a legal notice for the public at least seven (7) days prior to the public hearing on the tentative plan." I assume that this requirement was fulfilled by the map appearing on the city web site. However, I still don't understand how the "tentative plan" map appearing on the city web site April 11th, was changed with respect to the Ward 6 boundary, on the final map released Friday the 12th. Maybe somebody who was at the public meeting on the 11th can help explain how this change came about. I know the Commission was working under an extremely tight timeline, and I hope that changes next time around, but it makes no sense to me that the tentative plan would be altered, at the last minute, after the public meeting, without re-publishing a new map and holding another meeting. Conor Donnelly waite park ward one, precinct 2 _______________________________________ 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
