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Date: Thursday, February 15, 2001 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Number of councilmembers
Good Morning...Let me introduce myself to list participants beca
I am not sure there is a right or wrong answer to the question about
restructuring the council until it is actually tried. HIstorically, there
were days when there were 26 councilmembers and other configurations which
I am not sure about.
My issue with citywide members (for any of the Boards) is
I'd like to understand the motivation behind at large council members. If
it is to give a voice to those who don't, then we should seriously be
considering Instant Runoff Voting. This would create more positive
campaigns, give minority groups a better chance at proportional
representation, and
At-large council members could provide some recourse when the ward council
member is unresponsive. Yes I know that the proper thing to do with an
unresponsive council member is to wait until the next election and then
vote for someone else, but that doesn't address the problem while it is
