Again, why only now is this suddenly important, not in 1993, 1983, or any other of those previous times that the city has redistricted the wards? . . . Tamir Nolley
"Yet this was never an issue important enough for her to raise in the previous 15 terms." . . . Kevin Reich
The obvious answer to both of these questioners is that this has not happened before!
In past decades, there was a City Council election scheduled soon after the redistricting process was done. That changed in the 90's when city voters changed the City Charter to 4-year terms for Council members. And then the State Legislature required that city redistricting wait until they were done with their own redistricting, so the 2001 election had to be done using the old wards.
Despite the fact that I disagree with Rep. Kahn's bill, it still seems really disingenuous to impugn her motives for not having done this before, when in fact the situation has never occurred before.
Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson
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