Map C: Latest iteration of Pierce County district lines posted. Hearing...
It is the third version of district lines as prepared by Districting Committee Special Master Steven Garrett and is in response to concerns expressed by residents as well as member of the five-member...
View ArticlePierce County districting links: maps, history and past blog posts
I write a bit today about the ongoing redistricting of Pierce County’s seven council districts (the charter uses the term “districting” even if it actually RE-districting). Since the story is best told...
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UPDATE: Pierce County districting committee – and council members – wait for...
All of the maps produced so far by Pierce County districting committee “master” Steven Garrett have been works in progress. At least four times the geographer hired to produce new county council...
View ArticlePierce County Districting: Even more on the debate over the boundaries of Summit
I never thought I would spend so much time ruminating on the actual boundaries of Summit. But then I never thought the question would turn out to be so pivotal in the final days of the Pierce County...
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Final means Final: The official, final Pierce County Districting map has now...
For a closer look at the official Districting Committee map released this morning here’s a link to an image file. It is as was posted unofficially earlier (see post below), with narrower population...
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Talk among yourselves: Will proposed new Pierce County Council lines give...
That’s been one of the threads in comments and in testimony before the Pierce County Districting Committee – since four of the seven districts have some Tacoma residents inside, that allows the city to...
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Pierce County Districting: Would a change in the numbers designating two...
There’s an idea floating around the fairly small circle of Pierce County Districting Committee followers that might either be a simple fix to a thorny problem or a controversial blending of politics...
View ArticlePierce County Districting Master Steven Garrett explains numerical error that...
Gig Harbor resident Walker Allen was the first one to notice it. In the population numbers listed on the final proposed map, by Pierce Districting Committee Master Steven Garrett, two districts had the...
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