--- RJBenke wrote: > The downside of direct election of Metro Council members is the > difficulty in > conducting a worthwhile campaign across such a large district on a > broad > range of mostly arcane (to most voters) public policy issues. Add to > that > communication challenge the likelhood that big money interests would > take over.
[TB] If we were to elect the Met Council, I don't think we can assume that the districts would be the same size as they are today. Even today the current disticts include about 100,000 people, not all that much larger than a State Senate district. Hennepin County Board districts are nearly 150,000. I don't think the public policy issues for a county board are any more or less difficult for most voters than the Met Council would be. Then the duties might change. They have already expanded well beyond being a planning agency. Terrell Brown Minneapolis terrell at terrellbrown dot org __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
