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[quote]What would happen is that there would be no council member that cares about what happens in that area. Basic things like snowplows and pothole repair would happen less. School districting and parking concerns would be ignored. That area would be a sacrificial lamb to whatever city wide balance of power negotiations happen on big issues. It's not about money. It's about differing interests and representation. The area would be too small to have any influence on its Council race and would thus have its neighborhood interests ignored just like happens to Shaw and Hawthorne now.[/quote]

Shaw isn't neglected and I've actually been totally fine despite being redistricted.  Snowplows, potholes, etc  -- those things are happening centrally. [b] Are you saying that -- Ward 8 is poor, so they don't get resources like snowplows, schools, and pothole repairs?  Are you saying that you only get services based on how wealthy your ward is? [/b]

Come on - this is just plain silly fearmongering.  [/quote]

I mean, kind of. If a city agency isn't doing a good job in a certain ward, whether it gets better depends on the political/media savvy of the councilmember.

If there's a question about where to allocate funds through the budget (like which schools to renovate first) it gets decided based on the political savvy of the councilmember and what he or she can trade off via the committee he controls (and the council chair gives out committee seats, and doesn't give important committees to people he thinks are too dumb and/or disagreeable to his agenda for him to get what he wants).

So being represented by someone who isn't liked or respected by the other councilmembers (and some are respected but not liked, or vice versa) can be challenging. It's also important for the councilmember to be able to effectively manage his or her staff and make sure they are doing good constituent service work. Some councilmembers are better than others at attracting, hiring, and supervising people who get the work done.

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