Category Archives: Single-member Districts
Hometown Key West – First Candidate Forum – District 5
The Hometown Key West PAC ran their first question and answer session of the campaign season on July 25. They already had a “meet the candidates” event, which I wrote about here. I’m focusing on two races in particular: District … Continue reading
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Outstanding Editorial About Single-member Districts
Not sure how I missed this outstanding editorial at KeysNews.com (the Citizen) about single-member districts. Glad I finally found it though. In her letter to the editor, Comm. Heather Carruthers’s seemed to suggest that excluding working folks from the Board … Continue reading
Eleanor McAdams Speaks in Favor of Single-Member Districts
Eleanor McAdams is a Democrat who ran against George Neugent for the District 2 seat on the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) in the 2014 general election. She spoke up about single-member districts on http://www.bigpinekey.com. From her entry posted on … Continue reading
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Carruthers and Single Member Districts
I wasn’t going to post about this because I already discussed Murphy’s very similar comments here. But dammit, I just can’t help myself. Carruthers wrote a letter regarding single-member districts. She opposes them, of course. The letter epitomizes the empty, dishonest … Continue reading
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SMART Districts in the news
Update: Carruthers is very worried about single-member districts. Here’s her letter in the Blue Paper. (I couldn’t help but comment.) It’s a repeat of Sylvia’s bogus arguments. Have you noticed that the only people who vocally oppose single-member districts so … Continue reading
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SMART Districts – Following Up
There’s a group exploring the idea of single-member districts. The idea is that each district elects its own county commissioner. Right now, the commissioners are elected by voters county-wide. And that leads to some odd situations. The name of the … Continue reading
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Single Member Districts Endorsed by Key West Citizen
A citizens group, SMART Districts for the Florida Keys, has proposed a solution to inefficient and corrupt Monroe County government. The idea is to replace the current “at large” districts with single member districts. Under the current system, county commissioners … Continue reading
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Are SMART Districts the Answer?
It’s obvious that Monroe County government needs to change. Fortunately, there’s a new group that has an idea that might help – single member districts. I talked a little bit about that here. And here is a link to the SMART Districts … Continue reading
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SMART Districts – A Bright Idea
Ahhh….very interesting. There’s a new citizen’s organization exploring the idea of single-member districts for the county commission. So what the heck does that mean? Right now each of the county commissioners is elected by voters county-wide. That is, they are … Continue reading
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The Real Poop 