06-17-2008, 02:23 PM
Hi, just discovering this discussion. Didn't have any idea
it was occurring and that my email was to be posted. Kinda
feel blindsighted... I wrote more details on www.hunterbishop.com...
next time, please include me a couple of pages earlier in the discussion.
I can be reached via email at tedwards@co.Hawaii.hi.us or at newswoman@mac.com.
Also, I have a question for proponents of Bill 276, given that I'm not well versed on
the bill because it was taken up while I was out on maternity leave.
How would the bill ensure that Puna got the two Council seats its population deserves.
Seems to me, even without the bill, come 2010 when the reapportionment commission is formed again, we have the population guaranteeing us two Council seats. How does Bill 276 make sure if that? Redistricting is in the hands of the reapportionment commissioners. How they draw the lines seals our fate as a district. So, it seems to me that we should be concerned less about changing the name from reapportionment commission to redistricting commission and be more concerned about who sits on the commission. May they be good and noble and have no interest in gerrymandering.
Sincerely, Tiffany Edwards Hunt, legislative assistant to Puna Councilwoman Emily Naeole[
]
it was occurring and that my email was to be posted. Kinda
feel blindsighted... I wrote more details on www.hunterbishop.com...
next time, please include me a couple of pages earlier in the discussion.
I can be reached via email at tedwards@co.Hawaii.hi.us or at newswoman@mac.com.
Also, I have a question for proponents of Bill 276, given that I'm not well versed on
the bill because it was taken up while I was out on maternity leave.
How would the bill ensure that Puna got the two Council seats its population deserves.
Seems to me, even without the bill, come 2010 when the reapportionment commission is formed again, we have the population guaranteeing us two Council seats. How does Bill 276 make sure if that? Redistricting is in the hands of the reapportionment commissioners. How they draw the lines seals our fate as a district. So, it seems to me that we should be concerned less about changing the name from reapportionment commission to redistricting commission and be more concerned about who sits on the commission. May they be good and noble and have no interest in gerrymandering.
Sincerely, Tiffany Edwards Hunt, legislative assistant to Puna Councilwoman Emily Naeole[
]