In addition to that, I would add that downtown is pretty much up for
grabs in terms of Council Member activity. To the extent that other
Council Members defer to the wishes of a Council Member regarding
projects in their own ward (it's happening less and less, see, e.g.,
the recent Lagoon Project vote), that principal has not applied to
downtown which is viewed as belonging to the City as a whole.
I'm not defending the redistricting by any means. But IMHO the "they
took downtown away from the Fifth Ward" argument is not a very good
objection to the new boundaries.
Greg Abbott
Linden Hills
On Jul 9, 2005, at 3:46 PM, Anderson & Turpin wrote:
There've been many complaints about a part of downtown being
stripped from the North ward in the latest re-districting. How
exactly does
having a rich section in one's district make a council person more
powerful?
They all have 1/13th of the vote.
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