On 11/16/03 12:36 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Could you provide a link to the site where one may read the statute in > question? It's in the City Charter somewhere -- the rules under which the Charter Commission has to pick the membership of the Redistricting Commission. I don't recall them offhand, but the rules are very arcane, and were adopted in a deliberate effort to make sure that minority parties were represented. How the Independence Party got 2 members on the Redistricting Commission, and the Republican Party got 2, while the Green Party only had one, I don't know. But IIRC these numbers came out of a very literal application of the Charter provisions. It is fairly obvious that the formula did not work well in practice. David Brauer has pointed out that small "I" independents were not represented at all, and IMHO the Greens were substantially underrepresented given their presence in the city. I have to agree with an earlier post on this subject: we ought to just do it by computer. Greg Abbott Linden Hills 13th ward REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
