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[quote=Anonymous]Every 10 years following the census, DC ward and then ANC boundaries are reviewed.  However, this year there's something fishy going on with Councilmember Cheh's ANC redistricting task force.  First of all, the task force is top-heavy with three members appointed from one ANC area (ANC 3C-Cleveland Park, Woodley Park, McLean Gardens) with no other ANC having more than two members and some having just one.  Second, all three of the members appointed from ANC 3C are affiliated with the Smart Growth lobby.  One of the three chairs "Cleveland Park Smart Growth" and another's spouse serves on the board of the same group.  At least one also is a director of the Ward 3 Vision development advocacy group.  One even has a professional background working for anti-democratic candidates, as a GOP operative who worked with Paul Manafort in Ukraine to help a Putin ally stage a comeback to Ukraine's presidency and as a founder and business partner in Trump's national polling firm.  At a time when the Trump wing of the GOP is using extreme tactics to shape elections in 2022 and 2022, why is Cheh allowing a small group to apply GOP gerrymandering to reshape our local ANC districts?  The agenda seems clear:  to be elect more ANC commissioners who will support an agenda for tall and dense development in Ward 3 and to squeeze out commissioners who want more balanced growth.[/quote]

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