Detroit's City Council Districts Decided

[Detroitnerd]

I expect there will be some shady dealings where carpetbags will "move from" Palmer Park to some in-name-only house where they spend a couple hours a week. How will we enforce district representation? That's another question we haven't answered.

[Richard]

I expect there will be some shady dealings where carpetbags will "move from" Palmer Park to some in-name-only house where they spend a couple hours a week. How will we enforce district representation? That's another question we haven't answered.

That's when a thing called civic duty steps in ,if you know about it make it heard or recall them and vote somebody else in that will care about their district and who lives there.

[laphoque]

That's when a thing called civic duty steps in ,if you know about it make it heard or recall them and vote somebody else in that will care about their district and who lives there.

Exactly. It's incumbent on the citizens to watch this. And I think they will. People are aware of a councilmember in their neighborhood. Cockrel would show up to blockparties.

I'm pleasantly surprised. Now if we can get rid of the council's drivers and somehow force them to make use of the bus. Then we might have a viable transit system.

[corktownyuppie]

I expect there will be some shady dealings where carpetbags will "move from" Palmer Park to some in-name-only house where they spend a couple hours a week. How will we enforce district representation? That's another question we haven't answered.

It's a tough question, though I think it won't too much of a factor. At the end of the day, politicians are acutely aware of the people who are voting for them. If you look at the districts on any of those maps, someone living on the border of one district can be living in a totally different world from someone in the same district but on the other side. What will matter is that when money is spent campaigning, polling, and being out in the streets, politicians know who put them in office.