Here's the back and forth on procedure. Given the likelihood that my
suggestions will not prevail and that any substantial alterations to the
original draft plan will face an uphill battle
1. because of the chair's proposed insistence on a formal amendment
process without recourse to the informa
The Minneapolis Redistricting Commission will hold a public hearing
Thursday, April 11 at 6:00 p.m. to hear testimony on the ward plan proposed
by the Redistricting Commission. The meeting, which will be held in City
Council Chamber (Room 317, City Hall), will be broadcast live on City cable
chann
The Minneapolis Redistricting Commission has scheduled two public hearings
as part of designing the new ward and park district lines based on the
recent census.
The first public hearing is to receive input from the public and is
scheduled for Thursday, March 21 at 6:00 p.m. in Room 317 of Minne
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Last evening all Commissioners (except the one on vacation) slogged their
way through the Minnesota blizzard to attend the Commi
Last evening all Commissioners (except the one on vacation) slogged their way through the Minnesota blizzard to attend the Commission hearing. Surprisingly, many community members also found their way through the snow to participate. Since we have no idea how many people couldn't come, it was dec
We are coming upon our moments of truth as a Commission as the calendar
pages flip by. Tonight there is a meeting at 6:00 in the city council
chamber, snow or no snow. Here is a portion of the public notice:
The Redistricting Commission would like to invite members of the ethnic
and minority com
Commissioners present: Trostel, Claypatch, Ferrara,
Markus, Pettiford, Schwarzkopf, Stafford.
Commissioners absent: Collier, Finch.
Meeting was called to order. After roll was taken the
agenda and minutes from the previous meeting were
approved.
There will be a special meeting of the Redistricti
Member Bert Black's post correctly reported the
election of Parker Trostel as the chair of the Minneapolis Redistricting
Commission. She becomes the ninth member for the first phase of the
commision's work. As posted by F. Markus, he along with myself, will be
replaced by Tony Scallon and
Stafford and Markus sit when the City is being redistricted. They leave and are replaced by Scallon and Neiman when the Park Board is redistricted.
Karen Collier
Redistricting Commission
Scallon and Neiman only sit when the Park Board is being redistricted. Therefore, there are nine including the Chair.
Karen Collier
Redistricting Commission
Tony Scallon and Scott Neiman replace Rick Stafford and Fred Markus as
seated/voting members once the ward lines have been adopted. We City
council appointees retire and the Park Board appointees take our places
for the purpose of redrawing the Park district lines. The Redistricting
Commission ne
Correction: that's eleven people. My bad.
Loki Anderson
Marshall Terrace
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--- loki anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bert,
> Are you sure about those numbers? I have 5 DFL,
>
Bert,
Are you sure about those numbers? I have 5 DFL, 3
Republican, 1 Green and 2 Independence (10 people?).
Correct this if it is wrong, but this is what was
reported to the list earlier plus Trostel:
DFL: Claypatch, Neiman, Pettiford, Scallon, Stafford;
R: Finch, Schwartzkopf, Trostel;
The Redistricting Commission elected former Alderwoman (and that's what they were when
she served) Parker Trostel (R) as the chair and ninth member. That means there are
three DFLers, three Republicans, two Independence Party and one Green on the
Commission.
The next meeting is scheduled for
1) The Mpls Redistricting Commission met again last night
2) Still no media. Attendance by noncommissioner, nonstaff persons nearly nonexistent
(myself, Peter Wagenius-probably counts as staff as he is from the Mayor's office- and
two Republican gentlemen)
3) Commission adopted a rete
As the co-author of the revised redistricting Commission, let me provide some facts and opinions:
a) Yes, the final member of the group is the chair elected as an additional member by the other members.
b) I'm stunned that Andy Kozak isn't on there again. He has done the last th
Dean E. Carlson writes:
Also please tell me, how do issues important to women differ from those of
men in regards to Ward boundaries? Will some Wards be more nurturing than
others? Men on the Redistricting Commission - which one of you will "carry
water" for my manly redistricting issues? -- w
The points raised by Brian Melendez (geographical distribution of
redistricting commissioners) and Sheldon Mains (lack of diversity in
membership or communities) are excellent points. Here's one more way of
looking at it:
1. The 10-member redistricting commission has no representation from the
fo
MEA CULPA
I apologize to Connie and Jeannine. There were two women from the GOP. Connie was there the same evening as I was, but Jennifer was not. You are correct, Jordan Kushner did appear as a designee of the Green Party. I was under the impression that the Greens did have a high enough
I forgot to add in my previous post:
Not only were there several women, (4-5?) There were
also at least 3-4 people of color and two openly gay
men... that I personally knew of, anyway. It was
pretty diverse pickings, when you consider that there
were only about 20 of us in total on Thursday.
Co
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> 1. I am the only female on the Commission.
> However, not that many females
> asked to be appointed. From the GOP and the
> Independent Party, I was the
> only one.
This is wrong. I was there, nominated by the
Republican Party. I saw Karen, but I guess she
Regarding Greens on the redistricting commission:
The nomination list that I saw at the Charter
Commission interview had Jordan Kushner listed as a
Green. I don't remember if he was party-nominated or
self-nominated, but either way, he was one Green that
was present during the selection section
Title: Re: [Mpls] Redistricting Commission
Karen Collier writes:
2. When I was interviewed, there were NO designated Green Party individuals. I do not know the reason for that. My initial understanding was that the Green Party would be allocated two representatives since they had achieved
Just a couple of notes commenting on your post - I didn't bother to copy the specific parts.
1. I am the only female on the Commission. However, not that many females asked to be appointed. From the GOP and the Independent Party, I was the only one.
2. When I was interviewed, there were NO de
In a message dated 2/13/02 11:41:17 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Here are the members: two City Council appointees Rick Stafford (DFL,
9th Ward, I think) and Fred Markus (Green, 10th Ward) and six members
elected by the Charter Commission last evening: Lyle Schwartzkopf (I
Loki asks:
> People have asked before, but does anyone know what
> the makeup of the Charter Commission is? Isn't Kari
> Dziedzic, Walt's daughter, on it?
Here's the link with members' names and addresses (I went through the
whole email deal on the list some months back, but they don't publish
I think it's absolutely shameful that so much of the
city is not represented on this commission. Apparently
the charter commission believes that only St Paul is
"east of the river".
People have asked before, but does anyone know what
the makeup of the Charter Commission is? Isn't Kari
Dziedzic,
Annie Young wrote, "And don't forget Tony Scallon and Scott Neiman
from the Park Board. I see we have a real balance in gender and color and
lots of people from the wards and districts where there is likely to be the
most change. Seems very skewed to me - but what do I know?"
[BR
And don't forget Tony Scallon and Scott Neiman from the Park Board. I see
we have a real balance in gender and color and lots of people from the
wards and districts where there is likely to be the most change. Seems very
skewed to me - but what do I know?
Annie Young
East Phillips
At 11:41 A
Here are the members: two City Council appointees Rick Stafford (DFL,
9th Ward, I think) and Fred Markus (Green, 10th Ward) and six members
elected by the Charter Commission last evening: Lyle Schwartzkopf (IR,
11th Ward), Michael Finch (IR, 13th Ward), Steve Claypatch (DFL, 4th
Ward), Everett Pe
Well, I thought you all might be interested in the following information
from the Park Board this evening.
We held a Special Meeting in order to submit two names to the Charter
Commission for the Park Board appointees. Apparently there is a process
whereby City Council reps are replaced with P
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