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Note: <br />Re Meeting schedule: There is little input initially from the public to the Redistricting <br />Commission — since very complex; however once there are options presented the public is able <br />and interested in weighing in on the alternative. Reverse the concentration of meetings from <br />limited initially to expansive prior to finalization of the redistricting plan. <br />Re Allowing objection in event of the Commission favors one or more current council members <br />or factions: The public should be allowed to weigh in on any action at the 11th hour deliberately <br />undertaken to modify the final plan to favor a particular council member or person. <br />That is what happened at the last redistricting meeting... when a boundary line was jiggled <br />around to favor Councilmembers Dennis Onishi and J Yoshimoto... so that they would not have <br />to run against each other. The change was suggested at the end of the last commission meeting <br />to finalize the map and there was no allowance for public testimony thereafter. <br />4 <br />