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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The biggest problem with the Mendelson map is that one commission -- 3D -- has 11 members and 3E and 3F each have 6 members. Since the government agencies generally give each commission equal weight, the residents who live in the biggest commission effectively have half the voice of those living in the smallest commissions. [/quote]

The other big problem with it is that it leaves three commissions, B, C and D with HUGE areas with which to have oversight. It also cuts Woodley Park in really weird places that leave people who live either a block from Wisconsin Ave or CT Ave being in a commission that has purview over the other Avenue and no voice in the one they live close too - the same complaint that some Cleveland Park residents had of the Task Force map - so it was not ok to split Celveland Park, but it is ok to cut Woodley Park - that is hypocrisy at its finest.[/quote]

Wrong.  The Mendelson map unites all of Woodley Park and Cleveland Park under one ANC.  It fixes the problems created by the task force and creates compliant-sized SMDs while keeping cohesive neighborhoods together.  It is a vast improvement over any other redistricting map.[/quote]

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