Aaron Neumann wrote:
Jim Bernstein wrote:
>Thousands of citizens happen to agree with Rep. Kahn that a new election for Minneapolis city council should take place, in the next odd year following redistricting. Others obviously do not, but what we have here is a disagreement - certainly not an "ethical, defect" and not assault on the Green Party!
WM: I'm one of the Eighth Ward people; I did get cheated of an opportunity to vote for city council in a reasonable time after the 2000 census. I resent it. In my mind it's an unfortunate fallout, the result of changing from two year council seats to four year council seats in city hall. It was a technical error sprung from not having thought through the consequences of making that change.
Kahn's bill presents my ire to the legislature. That it also discomfits both Greens and Independents is another case of fallout. The mistake was changing to four year terms without also providing clear direction for the census results. If Kahn's bill addresses that issue, then good. Otherwise, we have this same question every 20 years. I really don't want to go round and round about this when I'm 80, which I will be for the next one.
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