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Forced caps on admin positions at the CO. Amyway, I'd rather not vote for B but I don't think we can otherwise trust the council to reign in spending. As to C and D, they sound all well and good but C just create new council and staff positions and will add millions in administrative overheads, I'm voting against that too. D will probably result ins some net savings but still not sure this change is beneficial so why vote for it.[/quote]

D gives a real voice to those upcounty, where all the growth has been.

Here's an opinion piece in favor of it:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/opinion/opinion-eliminate-at-large-council-seats-which-reward-concentrated-power/
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A good comment from tha article:

I read somewhere that the idea of at-large seats dates back to the post-Civil War South as a way to make sure minorities did not gain political power. Since most all counties were heavily white the minority vote could be easily overcome by at-large voting. However, if one large entity were broken down to several smaller entities, minorities might gain control of at least one small entity since minorities usually were highly concentrated in certain areas (due to housing discrimination). I'm definitely voting for D and B and again st C and A.

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