Are constituent complaints a reflection of a ward's needs? Just for fun, I looked at the election results for city council last fall. The turnout, by ward, in descending order:
W-13 10527 W-11 9024 W-12 8902 W-7 7739 W-9 6970 W-10 6854 W-1 6676 W-8 5621 W-4 5459 W-2 5115 W-5 4765 W-3 4386 W-6 3559 It looks like nearly twice as many people in Ward 13 than in Ward 8 bothered to choose a council member in the first place. And nearly three times than in Ward 6! Should Barret Lane be getting some extra staff? You can check my math at www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/elections/resultsarchive.asp Janet Gendler Linden Hills -----Original message----- > [Terrell] Seems like in virtually every elected body, everyone either > gets the same amount of staff or same budget for staff. Although > different wards or districts have different constituent needs, they all > represent the same number of people. Giving some additional staff > would allow more empire building and given that many elected office > holders are eventually look to be elected to another office that isn't > an especially good thing. _______________________________________ 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
