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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am strongly for it because I don’t feel my area is well represented. After watching the school board elections, it’s clear which areas of the county are running the show. [/quote]

How well do you feel your [i]current[/i] district county council member represents your area?[/quote]
Not well. [/quote]

So why do you think it would be better if your ONLY representative on the county council were your district county council member?[/quote]
Because it would eliminate the at-large members and [b]the voice of my representative could be heard[/b]. Right now 7/9 live down county. It would spread those out.  Also, I’m not weighing in on my current representative in this issue, so that doesn’t really matter. I’m talking about the structure, and I believe nine districts reflects the county more accurately, and will allow better future representation in my area. [/quote]

Why isn't the voice of your representative heard now? And why would you even want the voice of your representative to be heard, if you believe that your representative doesn't represent your area well?

Of course your current representative matters, unless you think that having 9 districts versus 5 districts will somehow magically ensure that your district representative in future will always be good.

I mean, that's what I really don't get. The upcounty Republicans who are pushing for this (along with the downcounty developers) can't stand their current representative in most respects. They barely even concede that he actually lives in the upcounty (keeping in mind that he lives in Germantown, which is upcounty by any reasonable definition). And yet they're pushing for a system whereby somebody from Germantown (most likely) would be their only representative? It makes no sense, unless they're planning also to gerrymander - which they can't do, because there is zero possibility of them having a majority on the County Council when redistricting happens.[/quote]
This makes no sense. 
The Issue is not who has been voted to represent my area, that person will get voted on in a separate election. That person is not forever. The structure, and having nine districts, is what is the issue here. I hope, at some point, to have a better representative.  Separate the structure from the currently elected people. [/quote]

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