Has Sarah Lydice, (Did Major back ouster on behalf of the city” Yuma Sun December 1, 2012) seen the redistricting committee’s legislative map? It reflects total incompetence. The first rule of the redistricting committee was to respect borders of towns and counties.
I live south of 24th Street, so I will vote in a district that includes southern Maricopa County including a patch of Phoenix proper that is surrounded by districts 1, 5, 6, 7. I will also vote with a section of Pima County that includes a chunk of the Tucson metropolitan area.
If you live north of 24th Street you vote with La Paz and Mohave, most of Yavapai, parts of Gila. A tongue of your district laps into north Phoenix and then winds west and south of Phoenix into Pinal County. If you live in Flagstaff your voting district stretches from the northern border all the way to Mexico. From Cochise country it winds back north to include parts of Pinal and Maricopa and then back north into Gila County.
Every Arizona representative will be from either Phoenix or Tucson. No Arizona representative will speak for rural or river or mining interests. Really, does that make sense to you? I certainly hope our Mayor will speak forcefully in defense of Yuma interests. Politicians have to be willing to put their careers on the line in defense of principles.
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