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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

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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You think it's a good comment? I think it's a foolish comment. Of the 4 at-large members who purportedly exclusively represent "Silver Spring":

-1 is an African-American
-1 is a Hispanic-American
-1 is the first openly gay member of the County Council

And the "Silver Spring area" (i.e., most of the east county) is an enormously diverse part of the county. If you're looking for places in Montgomery County where the white folks live and the non-white folks don't, it's not the east county.

Meanwhile, the people pushing ballot measure D are...white folks: upcounty/west county Republicans and big Bethesda developers.[/quote]

So the number of elected positions is supposed to be by ethnicity and sexual orientation not population with 1-2 not geographic  districts with about the same population?  If you're AA or Hispanic or gay and don't live in "Silver Spring/Takoma Park" then what?  Taxes are taxes, trash pick up is trash, libraries, schools, roads.  [/quote]

Don't argue with me, argue with the white Republicans who honest-to-goodness put a piece in Bethesda Beat arguing that we should get rid of at-large council positions because they're a tool of white supremacy.[/quote]

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