As Aide to Councilmember Lilligren, I have to wholeheartedly disagree with the position that "the eight ward in effect has no council member" it is false and in my opinion highly inflammatory. Everything that myself, and the councilmember does is related to the improvement and betterment of the eight ward. I will not comment on the proposed HF67, or what other councilmembers may be doing , but we represent the eight ward (ONLY). Andrea Jenkins 8th Ward Policy Aide City Council-Minneapolis (612)673-2208
-----Original Message----- From: Lisa McDonald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 5:44 PM To: Greg Abbott; Michelle Mensing Cc: forum issues Subject: Re: [Mpls] Rep Kahn introduce HF 67 leds to City Council members to run again Good luck getting a charter amendment through. The Charter Commission can't even agree with the Council on housekeeping changes. There are several council members that want this to go away. But whether or not this occurs legislatively there could be a legal challenge which would be sent directly to federal court because of voting laws. I believe the wards have changed substantially. The eighth ward in effect has no council member (no offense Robert I think you're doing a good job!). Plus we have a huge influx of minority voters. People have a right to have a say in who governs them. One person, one vote. Lisa McDonald East Harriet ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Abbott Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 4:58 PM To: Michelle Mensing Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Mpls] Rep Kahn introduce HF 67 leds to City Council members to run again On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 09:54 AM, Michelle Mensing wrote: > I suggest that the legislators address this issue in 2005 to remedy > the situation for the 2010 census and redistricting. > > Michelle Mensing > Armatage A couple of points: 1. This is a problem that will crop up every 20 years - every other decade. There is a general city election scheduled for 2013, immediate after redistricting occurs in 2012. Hence, there is no problem to fix after the 2010 census. However, there is no city election scheduled between 2021 and 2025, and the problem will reoccur after the 2020 census. 2. We can fix this ourselves with a charter amendment without going to the legislature. Every other decade we simply need to divide in half the four-year term starting in a year ending in a "1." Simply amend the charter to say that council elections in a year ending in "1" are for a two-year term, and that council elections occurring in a year ending in "3" which are produced because of a previous council election in a year ending in "1" are also for two-years. Meaning that council elections held in years ending in "5" would revert to the full four years. Thus, the sequence of elections would be (or would have been) as follows: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2023, 2025, 2029, etc. The sequence of terms would be 2-2-4-4-4-4, 2-2-4-4-4-4, etc., every 20 years. Greg Abbott ------------------------------------ Sent from the computer of: Greg Abbott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linden Hills 13th Ward (612) 925-0630 ------------------------------------ _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls _____ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
