Detroit's City Council Districts Decided

[MSUguy]

After a years-long battle, and a city charter revision requiring it, the Detroit City Council on Monday will publicly unveil four draft maps of seven council districts from which members will be elected next year. [Proposed district images added by moderator] The proposed districts, if approved, would require most current council members to move to continue to serve, City Council President Charles Pugh said in an exclusive interview this week. At least four live in one proposed district.None of the proposed maps includes a downtown district, elevating concerns that the fate of Detroit’s corporate heart will compete in one district against neighborhoods. And each of the four maps includes a southwest district, which could lead to the election of the city’s first Hispanic city council member.“The overriding goal was to follow state law,” Pugh said. “There is no way to draw the lines due to race, religion, income, influence of your neighborhood. Obviously, nobody wants to create pockets of poverty or pockets of wealth. But we also want to comport with state law. You err on the side of state law.http://www.freep.com/article/2012012...text|FRONTPAGE''I don't see major any issues with them, but I'm inclined to pick 1 or 2 as they keep downtown and midtown together.1.http://www.freep.com/assets/freep/pdf/C4184121120.PDF2.http://www.freep.com/assets/freep/pdf/C4184122120.PDF 3.http://www.freep.com/assets/freep/pdf/C4184123120.PDF 4.http://www.freep.com/assets/freep/pdf/C4184124120.PDF