I think the real concern, and it's warranted, is that the new boundaries
effectively reduce the possibility of minority "voices" at the city
council-level.
The northside minority populations are much more compacted into the "new"
5th ward, then they were in the "old" 3rd & 5th.
The chances of getting a minority candidate elected in the new 3rd are slim
to none... On a national level, it's sort of like taking 8 electoral votes
away from the minority areas of say California and out-right giving them to
North Dakota or Maine.
dennis plante
lind-bohanon
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