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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a democrat and just looked up the boundaries of my district: 
ouncil District boundaries were adopted by the Council in 2012 after the decennial Census. District 4 stretches up Georgia Ave. from Wheaton to the Howard County border. The southern part of the district includes Randolph Hills, Kensington Heights, Aspen Hill, Glenmont, Layhill Village and Colesville (west of MD 650). Moving north, the district includes Ashton, Sandy Spring and Olney. It also includes rural communities up-county, such as Sunshine, Etchison, Brookeville and Laytonsville. Most of the eastern boundary of District 4 is MD 650 (New Hampshire Ave.). The western boundary is MD 124 (Woodfield Rd.) until just south of Watkins Rd.

That’s a large area and has very different needs. Aspen Hill and Etchinson are in the same district. Two different regions with very different needs. I don’t see how both areas can be effectively represented by 1 person. [/quote]

I agree, it makes sense to expand the number of seats on the County Council. We've had 9 councilmembers since 1990, when the population of the county was 765,000. To keep the ratios constant, there should be 12 or 13 councilmembers. The other council proposal on the November ballot (the one that's NOT supported by upcounty Republicans and downcounty developers) would expand the number of councilmembers to 11, and I think that's a good start.

I will add, by the way, that the districts were deliberately drawn that way, so that each councilmember's district would include a range of county communities. Each council district has some more densely-populated areas and some more rural areas. The only way to get a council district that might elect a Republican, if this ballot measure to get rid of at-large councilmembers passes, would be to draw the boundaries to form a big crescent around the outside of the county. Do Poolesville and Sunshine have the same needs?[/quote]

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