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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I sat through the meeting last night.

The claim was made that the redistricting done after the 2010 census had systematically diluted the influence of people who live in multi-family dwellings (ie apartment buildings; ie renters).

I don't know if this is true, but if it is then the objections to the Task Force's work suddenly make a lot more sense. All of the talk of "gerrymandering" and "voter suppression" is a cover for outrage that others are being treated as equals. One Cleveland Park resident seemed to say the quiet part out loud when he suggested that the Task Force "back out" renters from their population numbers and only look at homeowners. [/quote]

As a compromise, the renters could count as 3/5's of a person. [/quote]

Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding.

One person from the MacArthur area actually went out of her way to post to the listserv her position that renters should not have the same day as homeowners because their “investment” in the community was not equivalent.

And, by the way, that Foxhall lady is nuts. [/quote]

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