City should base council wards on current population
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To the editor:
The latest U.S. census has been taken and the city of Hillsboro should have received the proclamation from the Ohio Secretary of State stating the city's official population.
It is my fond hope that someone has learned this means to divide by four (the number of wards) and then draw lines that result in approximately that number of people living in each ward.
This is how we hold fast to the truth proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal.
It's unfortunate that the Hillsboro City Council in 2001 failed this test and so far as I know was the only city in the state to intentionally re-draw wards so as to increase the difference in population between wards.
You know, it wouldn't be so big a change if incremental adjustments were made after each census, instead of fighting it and going backwards.
Sincerely,
Kelley Walker
Niles
To the editor:
The latest U.S. census has been taken and the city of Hillsboro should have received the proclamation from the Ohio Secretary of State stating the city's official population.
It is my fond hope that someone has learned this means to divide by four (the number of wards) and then draw lines that result in approximately that number of people living in each ward.
This is how we hold fast to the truth proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal.
It's unfortunate that the Hillsboro City Council in 2001 failed this test and so far as I know was the only city in the state to intentionally re-draw wards so as to increase the difference in population between wards.
You know, it wouldn't be so big a change if incremental adjustments were made after each census, instead of fighting it and going backwards.
Sincerely,
Kelley Walker
Niles
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