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[quote=Anonymous]The Ward 3 redistricting task force vote that took place this week has been voided, thanks to an outcry from DC residents, because the process was so flawed and lacking in transparency. The task force will vote again next week.

The maps they voted on at the meeting were not public. The task force published no agenda and have no advance warning to the public that a vote would take place.  The maps are hosted on the private website of a task force member’s business. The one task force member who disagreed with various redistricting changes said she had not worked on the remapping of ANCs and was not included in that effort and in fact had no idea that the rest of the task force had been actively working on redrawing the maps. What is going on? She seemed to have been intentionally excluded by the other task force members because of her views.

They will vote again next week but the result is preordained when you look at the makeup of the task force. Several of the task force members make no secret of their personal agendas and membership in or alignment with groups pushing for development of Connecticut Ave, Wisconsin Ave, and the residential side streets that run between Connecticut and Wisconsin. This redistricting effort will set the stage for their next steps and cut down and cut out the voices in support of more reasonable development. [/quote]

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