[Mpls] Redistricting

[Greg Abbott]

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.