County Redistricting Decision
With respect to your latest editorial on redistricting, it needs to be pointed out that Judge Kenyon has no right to be out of patience with the Board of Supervisors. It was the Department of Justice and the ACLU that waited seven years before filing the lawsuit. It was Judge Kenyon himself who declared that the trial would be over in February and then let the case drag on until June.
It is absurd and unfair for the judge now to order the county to submit a redistricting plan within 20 days. This allows no time for public hearings to be held and effectively shuts off citizen participation in redistricting.
Common sense would allow Sarah Flores and Greg O’Brian the right to run in November (for a seat on the board), and the board to reapportion using the 1990 census figures, not antiquated projections.
RICHARDS D. BARGER
Los Angeles
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