tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773175694027086382.post8811916360910979302..comments2024-01-30T17:48:03.547-06:00Comments on South Kansas City Observer: Redistricting Committee Completes Work, Has Two Maps for CouncilThe Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696168395133075354noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773175694027086382.post-36545385079169344632010-09-28T22:45:37.188-05:002010-09-28T22:45:37.188-05:00Bob G:
Thanks for your comment.
I would wager tha...Bob G:<br />Thanks for your comment.<br /><br />I would wager that most people in KC are not following this, and a few select voters will be surprised one day to find their polling places changed.<br /><br />Ideally, we would draw lines without worry about racial groups and we would vote people in based on qualification, not what they looked like (MLK's dream...) but there is a lot of power and money attached to keeping the status quo.<br /><br />Yes, we will try to keep an eye on things, but it's hard if you have a life. This is what we need a good full bodied newspaper for, but alas, our Kansas City Star is laying folks off left and right.<br /><br />The ObserverThe Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17696168395133075354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773175694027086382.post-35755452209421477122010-09-28T08:50:35.174-05:002010-09-28T08:50:35.174-05:00T.O.:
They went through some "redistricting&q...T.O.:<br />They went through some "redistricting" here in Fort Wayne a while back...you have to read EVERYTHING and watch both hands fo these people.<br /><br />While on the surface, it may seem like not "much" changes, it can have far-reaching consequences farther down the road.<br /><br />Councilmanic districts and representation can alter DRASTICALLY.<br /><br />And the developers are looking at dollar signs, so they won't care much about the PEOPLE.<br /><br />I'd advise the people to do THEIR homework on tjis...pay attention and listen to EVERYTHINMG being told. Then look for your own answers to questrions.<br /><br />Tread carefully on this.<br /><br />Excellent post.Bob G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09222203353717749897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773175694027086382.post-48645713790983608582010-09-27T07:21:06.935-05:002010-09-27T07:21:06.935-05:00Dynamic successful socities are not stuck in amber...Dynamic successful socities are not stuck in amber. Those are fossils.<br />Until this community shakes off the status quo of preconceptions, tired ideas, insider dealing, and apathy, the general slide will continue.<br />In my experience, things either get better or worse; they never just stay the same. And trying to address new challenges with the same old answers hasn't and won't work very well.<br />I hope some candidates in the mayoral and council races paint our greater opportunities with a brand new brush.bill kostarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773175694027086382.post-19906682273419865472010-09-26T21:28:00.129-05:002010-09-26T21:28:00.129-05:00bill kostar:
I need to think about this.
Ideally ...bill kostar:<br />I need to think about this.<br /><br />Ideally we would just draw the lines around the boundaries required for the Charter provisions about population and leave it at that.<br /><br />It just seems that we have not become as "post racial" as we think we are. I would not be uncomfortable at all with a well qualified, idea driven, unbeholden to special interests candidate for 6 District City Council that was of an ethnic group different from mine, but I know people of my racial group that would be.<br /><br />In addition, the culture of victimhood and entitlement that has taken hold in the Black community has a hard time accepting that 1)Blacks <i> can </i> indeed compete on a level playing field. (That would mean they would have to stop being victims and asking for hand outs.) 2) That no one who doesn't "share" in that "victimhood" would "understand." 3) That a Black willing to play on the level field isn't really "Black" any way.<br /><br />And I am waiting for the mayor's race to start being substantial. Nothing doing yet.<br /><br />Thanks for the thoughtful comment<br /><br />The ObserverThe Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17696168395133075354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773175694027086382.post-3115371499297605392010-09-26T21:13:46.282-05:002010-09-26T21:13:46.282-05:00Anon 1:10 a.m.:
I did forget the Sharpies! Look...Anon 1:10 a.m.:<br />I <i> did </i> forget the Sharpies! Looks like they got what they wanted, the only part of the sixth in danger is that western piece, which is outside of HM C-1.<br /><br />I actually wanted to see if I could see what his supporters looked like--what race and class they were. The audience at Thursday's meeting was mainly older Black folks, mostly men. I figured them for District 3 & 5 folk, but I suppose they could be District 6 peeps.<br /><br />Thanks for pointing out my oversight. Must have been the virus.<br /><br />The ObserverThe Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17696168395133075354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773175694027086382.post-59985262950576724852010-09-26T12:21:12.102-05:002010-09-26T12:21:12.102-05:00Given the caliber of representation the minority c...Given the caliber of representation the minority communities have had and the abysmal results their neighborhoods have suffered all these years from clinging to the '60s notion that they can be respresented ONLY by someone who looks like them, I would think it's way past time to understand that there are plenty of qualified black and Latino candidates who could run and win in districts that represented the city's population generally. Just look at the new KCMSD School Board, which has brought enthusiasm and hope to a mismanaged disaster which had left tens of thousands of young people without the tools to cope in a modern world.<br />At the end of the day, we're all in this together, or not. Identifying our common purposes is always a stronger way to confront our common challenges.<br />We need much more serious public leadership and much less self-serving divisiveness that benefits just a handful of insider individuals and groups.<br />Let's hope the mayoral race will focus on some serious public policy initiatives that will address our highest prioirities and benefit all the residents of the city.bill kostarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773175694027086382.post-77545117593100266682010-09-26T01:10:14.586-05:002010-09-26T01:10:14.586-05:00You forgot the John Sharp faction.You forgot the John Sharp faction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com