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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone explain why Takoma Park and North Bethesda are included in this long and narrow strip?  Is it for white, hispanic, or black voters to vote together?  [/quote]

Are you asking why proposed district [something] runs primarily east-west, parallel to the district proposed for Bethesda/Potomac and the district proposed for Gaithersburg/Rockville? My guess is that it's primarily geometry. That's the space left between those proposed districts and the proposed east county district.

Incidentally, it would be really great to have a map that wasn't a screenshot/photo...[/quote]

Here is an interactive zoomable version of the final map:
Here is interactive zoomable version of map

https://gismontgomery.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=e74800c960094a05a4f88a45586fc634

The reason for this odd shape is that once you have a AA plurality east distirct, Hispanic plurality Wheaton district, the only choices for the SS/Tpk distirct is to do this or cut up parts of Chevy Chase and Bethesda.

We discussed a few reasons in meetings about why this makes a bit of sense… that distirct runs northwest along a train line, has a lot of transit focused areas, and SS / North Bethesda are the bookends in terms of population centers in this district and both have lots large buildings with lots of renters/condos.

I do feel along the middle it gets a little too thin for my taste but otherwise I had a pretty similar district on my map that didn’t get selected.

Commissioner Jason Makstein 
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Another reason is that they can create a district that basically will continue to promulgate more Hans Reiner types with two economic zones primarily driving by two major developers, FRIT and Peterson, with the third controlling the votes comprised of Takoma Park “liberals”. So a guaranteed council member that will continue the tradition of being pro-development everywhere but in Takoma Park itself. [/quote]

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