The Voice of OC is reporting on a plan by County Board of Supervisors Chair Janet Nguyen to create a redistricting committee of which she will be Chair, and Supervisor Bill Campbell, Vice Chair. The remaining three positions will be filled by appointment by the other Supes.
If only I had Harry...
Apparently this little plan was not well-received by the three dissed supervisors – for obvious reasons. Although Brown Act issues have been raised, the real question seems to be how the Empress thought she’d ever get this ticket validated: the Census won’t be complete and published until 2011 when she won’t even be Chair any more; she is also running for re-election in 2012 and the idea of her manipulating this process to shed unwanted Latino votes from her district must have occurred to just about everybody.
I think it is time to look at redistricting and I support Janet for being willing to put in the time. They don’t get paid for this and it’s really a labor of love. I think they should go back to how it was before with Santa Ana divided into 3 districts. They did that so a Santa Ana elected official can never be on the board. ( Guys like former S.A. mayors Dan Yound and Dan Grissett) It’s time for change.