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HomeMy WebLinkAboutredistricting correspondenceStumbau h, Traci Subject: FW: South Chico -----Original Message----- From: Jensen, Mary .[mailto:MJensen r csucl~ico.edul Sent: Monday, June 27, 2otx $;5o AM To: Admire Front Desk Subject: South Chico Butte County Superintendents, Redistricting Committee and Chico City Council: I oppose any redistricting that would remove South Chico from its current alignment with Chico's downtown and university area, and any process that would leave redistricting decisions in the hands of county Supervisors. I am shocked by this latest, blatant attempt to control the voting process in our community. Mary Jensen 45 Edgewater Ct Chico, CA 8592$ Moghannam, Kathleen iFro~n: Kathleen Faith [kathawow@gmaii.com} Sent: Saturday, .fuly 02, 2011 5:53 PM To: redistric# Cc: Admin Front Desk; dpresson@ci.chico.ca.us; I~oGnSonOfMeasureA@gmail.com Subject: Stop the "Larrymandering" of Chico's neighborhoods To whom it may concern, I am Shocked that anyone in their right mind would consider it a rational idea to remove the South or West Chico neighborhoods from the supervisorial district they have been a part of For decades in order to link them up with Gridley. How absurd! These Chico neighborhoods, intricately webbed with each other and downtown Chico, belong in the 2nd district, not with Gridley. Redistricting should not be done by the Supervisors as the conflict of interest is obvious. T understand that Larry Wahl doesn't ever see himself in a conflict of interest situation, although ~ am assuming the FPPC did when they fined him for $12,50. Put this nonsense to bed. Sincerely, Kathleen Faith Chico, CA Sfumbau h, Traci Subject: FW: District 2 From: Linda Furr mailto:l~bfurr ahoa.com Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 3:17 PM To: Admin Franc Desk Subject: District 2 It would be like losing my arm or leg to lose South Chico to District 4. That kind of redistricting would be unconscionable gerrymandering, as well as a blow to local history. Please, don't let the powers-that-be consider this notion. Linda ~irr 1307 Arcadian Ave. Chico, Ca. 95926 Moghannam, Kathleen From: welchsuz@sbcglobal.net Sent: Saturday, Juky 02, 2011 5:24 PM To: redistrict Cc: Admin Front l]esk; dpresson@ci.chico.ca.us Subject: Concerns about redistricting Ladies and Gentlemen: The last time that redistricting came around, one of our supervisors attempted a blatantly political gerrymander of the supervisorial districts. That led to a citizen referendum and a defeat far that attempt. We ought not to be going dawn that road again. It's quite apparent that one of our supervisors is determined to attempt to improve his re-election chances by removing certain voters from his district. Those voters have been part of a Chico district for many decades and putting them in with Gridley makes no sense whatsoever. hope the supervisors will avoid going in this divisive and unreasonable direction. David Welch 13 Hilda Way Chico, 95926 Moghannam, Kathleen Fronn: Gloria Wyeth [gloriawyeth@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 2:03 PM Ta: redistrict; Admin Front Oesk Cc; dpresson@ci.chico.ca.us; NoOnSonOfMeasureA@gmaik.com K~tEP CHECO INTACT! Measure A failed, so on to the right's next lame attempt to manipulate elections. Chico is a lovely town with a great mix of distinctive neighborhoods. Larry Wahl's proposed new lines would tear the #abric of our town, severing some of our mast historic and distinctive areas. Wahl and his right wing buds need to understand they can't just redraw lines and rip the wonderful people of Barber and West Chico out of the district as a means to their awn conservative ends. An independent commission and public involvement is the only acceptable way to consider new district lines. The smart people of Chico didn't fall for A, and we won't fal! for B. Wonder what C will be? Gloria Wyeth Chico tVloghannam, Kathleen Froth: Silvia Milosevich [silmil@sunset.net] Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 11:34 PM To: redistrict Cc: Admin Front Desk; dpresson@ci.chico.ca.us Subject: South Chico Supervisoria! changes Dear Board of Supervisors, I'm writing to you and copying Debbie Presson so she can pass on my comments to the Chico City council. Please remember that South and West Chico neighborhoods belong with downtown in the 2nd district, not with Gridley. For decades those neighborhoods have been in the same supervisorial districts as downtown and the University. Urban areas should not be lumped together with rural ones, for many obvious reasons. It seems that Larry Wahl, whose attempt to push Measure A failed, is trying another tactic to fracture Chico geographically and demographically. rt should not be Mr. Wahl who should be in charge of drawing his own lines when he has an obvious political conflict of interest, He doesn't seem to see that, but but the FPPC did when they fined him $12,500. Redistricting should not be done be the supervisors. The term "gerrymandering" has a bad connotation because it has a bad history. And this kind of redistricting should not be done in the middle of summer when so many people are gone. And plenty of time for reflection,and discussion should be offered. This kind of hurry and lack of information makes people nervous and suspicious. Political action should be open, above board and in the full light of day. Mr. Wahl's agenda is too transparent to even be called "secret." All our elected officials should show their good will by reasoning things through honestly and openly, as most of you do. zn dividing Chico as is proposed, you are dividing Chicoans. Please thank better of it and don't do it. Thank you for your attention, Silvia Milosevich Moghannam, Kathleen Front: Lindsey Holmberg [Inholmberg@hotmail.com} Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 10:39 l~M To: redistrict; Admin f=ront Desl<; dpresson@ci.chico.ca.us; noonsonafineasurea@gmail.com Subject: Save our Chico Neighborhoods To all, As a resident of West Chico l: am firmly apposed to redistricting my interests belong to the central city of Chico. Lindsey Holmberg "South or West Chico neighborhoods belong with downtown in the 2nd district, not with Gridley Wahi was wrong to push Measure A and wrong to gut Chico by drawing his own lines Larry Wahl should not be in charge of drawing his own lines {Tr'ox at the chicken coop) Doesn't Wahl ever see himself in a conflict of interest. The F]?I?C did when they fined him for $12,504. Redistricting should not be done by the Supervisors- their conflicts are obvious South {or West) Chico for decades has been in the same supervisorial district as downtown & the University" Dan Logue Moghannam, Kath{een Fronn: Vita Segaiia [vitasegalla@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2091 7:46 PM Ta: redistrict; Admin Front Desk Subject: Redistricting plan It is ridiculous to put south Chico in District 4, with rural Gridley! ! We are one of the closest neighborhoods to the downtown area, and the university! That is where we belong! Wahl's latest plan is Draft 4 which would put South Chico neighborhoods (including the Barber neighborhood} & West Chico, south of the Craig F-iall complex, in the 4th Supervisorial district with Gridley & Biggs to the Sutter County line. Wahl has decided to "get even" with our neighborhoods for voting 84% against his Measure A. Our neighborhoods since the 99th century have been in the same supervisorial district as downtown Chico and the University. Please help prevent this irrational attempt at disempowering a great part of town! Thank you! Vita Segalla 1448 Normal Ave Chico, CA 95928 Moghannam, Kathleen from: hilary ilerman [hilaryrnerman@gmail.cam] Sent: Sunday, ,luly 03, 2011 2:30 PM 1'0: redistrict Subject: stop redistricting Draft 4 of the Butte County redistricting plan is unacceptable. The conflict of interest is blatant. South Chico is an old historic CHICO neighborhood. To redistrict us out of District 2 to the rural area of District 4 doesn't even meet the definition of Butte Counties own redistricting criteria. Please, there is not a "rush." Allow the people to be involved in this decision, not a newly elected Supervisor who has already cost the taxpayers 151,000 in his failed Prop. A. Obviously he lacks judgement and education, but is all to ready to rid himself of his constituents who may disagree with his politics. Respectfully submitted, Hilary herman 809-0339 Moghannam, Kathleen From: Cheryl A King jcaking47@pacbe!I.net] Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 92:41 PM 70: redistrict; Admin Front Des!c Subjec#: Stop the redistricting!!! To: Supervisors/Administrators I am writing to express my deep concern with Larry Wahl's plan/attempt to split off Chico neighborhoods and put them in the Gridley distract. Not only is this a ludicrous task, I believe it as illegal! I would make the following points: • South (or West) Chico for decades has been in the same supervisorial distract as downtown & the [3niversity. • Redistricting should not be done by the Supervisors- their conflicts are abviaus • Larry Wahl should not be in charge of drawing his own lines (Fax at the chicken coop) • Doesn't Wahl ever see himself in a conflict of interest. The F~'PC did when they fined ham for $12,500. Thanks in. advance for your support. Cheryl King, 13.81 E. 7th St., Chico, CA95928 530-519-9764 1 Moghannam, Kathleen From: Phillips, Maria [mariaphillips05@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, .luly 04, 2011 11:18 PM To: redistrict; Admin Front Desfc Cc: Debbie Presson Subject: Stop the Gerrymandering--protect the Barber neighborhood Dear County People, The trend in California redistricting is to take the decision-making in re-drawing baundaries away from the politicians. This trend is evident from the proposition we just passed statewide recently giving the job of redistricting to an impartial citizens' committee, and from an expensive and divisive referendum in 2001 right here in Butte County, The reason why politicians should not draw their own boundaries, a majority of voters decided both tunes, is that more often than not, politicians' main interest may end up being self-interest. But suddenly now, in the middle of summer, we find out that behind closed doors and with zero public input, at least one Supervisor (who fought hard and lost big with Measure A to disenfranchise a portion of the population whose political leanings he opposes) has been quietly redrawing the district boundaries to excise the neighborhoods that most resoundingly rejected his Measure A. That means taking out of his district the Barber neighborhood of South Chico as well as the Craig Hall area {student housing). These would instead be lumped in with the district whose Supervisor is also charged with places like Richvale and Gridley places that have zero on common with Chico. The Barber neighborhood is Chico's oldest and to excise it from its traditional Chico supervisorial district is ludicrous. This looks like a blatant attempt to "divide and conquer." 1 protest! I don't want the Supervisors re-drawing their own districts. Let us stop this craziness now. lt's .bound to get nasty and expensive. Let's find acitizen-driven model that includes neighborhood stakeholders to ensure that boundaries reflect not just numbers but also environmental and sacio-economic parity and cultural considerations. If in fact there has been no well-functioning system in Butte County to delimit supervisorial districts, let's figure one out now. We can't afford ever to have a system in place that lends itself to shenanigans or that, call it what you will, is still gerrymandering. I am copying the City councilors in hopes that the City will also weigh in on this. We cannot afford to have a huge portion of Chico represented at the County level by anyone other than someone who understands and will represent Chico's interests. Sincerely, Maria Phillips Debbie Presson--I don't have all the councilors' email addresses--can you please make sure they get a copy of this? Thank yau! ~4s-4ozi Moghannam, Kathleen From: Stuart King [srking54@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 10:28 PM To: redistrict; Admin Front Desk Cc: dpresson@ci.chico.ca.us Subject: Supervisorial districts Dear County Supervisors and Chico City Cauncilmembers, 1 have seen the draft 4 plan for the redistricting of Butte County and think it can be done better. There is absolutely no reason far south Chico to be in the same district as Gridley. South Chico does not have the same demographics as Gridley nor the agricultural based economy of southern Butte County. South Chico should remain as closely aligned with the rest of Chica (preferably downtown and the Universitv7 as possible and not put into a district that it has little ar nothing in common with. Please vote against draft 4 and work on keeping the south Chico neighborhoods in the same supervisorial district. It's the right thing to do. Thank you, Stuart King Moghannam, Kathleen From: MERYI. BOND (rnerylbond@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, July fl4, 2411 8:10 PM To: redistrict; Admin Front Desk Cc: dpresson@ci.chico.ca.us; NoOnSonOfMeasureA@gmail.com Subject: Proposed Redistricting by Supervisor Wahi (Draft 4) Sorry, I omited my name and address in my previous email. I am writing to communicate my disagreement (and indeed, disgust) with Supervisor Wahl's proposal to place my neighborhood in a different supervisorial district. The character of my neighborhood is very much an extension of downtown Chico and the University. Many students and teachers live here, and many people who provide support services for Chico State. ~t is a Chica neighborhood, not a rural/agricultural one. There is no reason for the proposed change other than Mr. Wah['s political aspirations. I plan to attend the Chico City Council meeting on July 5th to express my view on this subject. Meryl Bond IIb8 Broadway Street Chico, CA 95928 me Ibond sbc lobal.net Moghannam, Kathleen From: MERY!_ BOND [merylbond@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, July 04, 2019 7:50 PM To: redistrict; Admin i=rorEt Desk Cc: dpresson@ci.chico.ca.us; NoOnSonOfMeasureA@gmail.com Subject: Proposed Redistricting ly Supervisor Wahl (Draft 4) I am writing to communicate my disagreement (and indeed, disgust) with Supervisor Wahl's proposal to place my neighborhood in a different supervisorial district. The character of my neighborhood is very much an extension of downtown Chico and the University. Many students and teachers live here, and many people who provide support services for Chico State. It is a Chico neighborhood, not a rural/agricultural one. There is no reason for the proposed change other than Mr. Wahl's political aspirations. T plan to attend the Chico City Council meeting on July 5th to express my view on this subject. Moghannam, Kathleen From: Aram [jparam@gmrii.com] Sent: Mondry, July 04, 2011 5:17 PM To: redistric#; Admin Front Desk Cc: dpressan@ci.chico.ca.us Subject: Stop the Gerrymandering My wife and I vehemently object to Larry Wahl's proposal to redraw the Chico 2nd Supervisorial District to move parts of Chico into the 4th District with Gridley and Biggs. This blatant Gerrymandering is absurd and offensive. Republican Assembly Member Dan Logue has said, "Any time you have politicians drawing {Redistricting) the lines, you're going to have problems." (Chico Enterprise-Record --June 11, 2011) To the point: • South and west Chico neighborhoods logically belong with the downtown and CSUC in the 2nd District, not with Gridley and Biggs--separate towns with very different constituents and needs than Chico. • Wahl was dead wrong to push Measure A in the first place, and he is equally off track to be getting back at Chico voters by gutting their district. • Wahl should not be in charge of drawing his own district lines; redistricting must not be done by the Supervisors due to obvious conflicts of interest. South and west Chico for decades have been in the same supervisorial district as downtown & the University, and there is every reason they should be there. Sincerely, James and Mary Aram P.O. Boy 4664, Chico, CA 95927 jparam e~gmail.com Moghannam, Kathleen From: Rita Smith [rasmithrm9@gmail.comj Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 4:42 PM 70: redistrict; Admin Front ©esk Cc: dpresson@ci.chico.ca.us; NoOnSonOfMeasureA@gmail.com Subject: Stop this Gerrymandering! NO to this Gerrymandering of Chico! No councii member should be drawing his own lines so as the votes comes out his way. This is up to the voters. Larry Wahl, you are suppose to be a representative of Butte County not of your own interests. South (or west) Chico has been in the same supervisorial district as downtown and the University for decades. Stop this "Gerrymandering" of Chico's neighborhoods now!" Sincerely, Rita Smith Moghannam, Kathleen From: Admin Front Desk Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2411 8:43 AM To: Moghannam, Kathleen Subject: More board correspondence... Traci Stumbaugh Administrative Assistant Butte County Administration (530) 538-7631 tstumbau~h(~buttecounty.net --------Original Message----- From: Kevin Durkin fmailto:kozmickev~asunse~.net Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 8:38 AM To: Admin Front Desk Subject: redistricting Dear Council members, Larry Wahl hates dissent. The southwest Chico neighborhoods are historic and unique and reflect perhaps the most urban and intellectual points of view among it's inhabitants in relation to the rest of rural northern California. These neighborhoods are better served by keeping it in district 2. Larry drafted measure A which over 80% of our neighbors rejected. He wants revenge and seems to hate democracy as it is. Stop this crazy move to lump us with Gridley the most intolerant City in Butte County. Sincerely Kevin Durkin 219 W.17th St. Chico CA 95928 1 Moghannam, Kathleen From: Adrnin Front Desk Sent: Tuesday, July 45, 2011 $:53 AM To: Moghannam, Kathleen S~hject: FW: Supervisoriai Redistricting Traci Stambaugh Administrative Assistant Butte County Administration (530) 53$-7631 tstumbau~h(~buttecounty.net -----Original Message----- From: Lora Ferguson fmailto:fer~1328(~patbell.net Sent: Tuesday, ]uly 05, 2011 $:~7 AM To: redistrict; Admin Front Desk; dpresson()ci.chico.ca.us Subject: 5upervisorial Redistricting I live in the Barber neighborhood, and want to be included in a supervisorial district belonging to other downtown Chico neighborhoods. Thank you, Lora Ferguson ~er~1328~apacbeil.ne~ 536-$93-9267 Moghannam, Kathleen Prom: Admin Front Desk Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2Q19 8:53 AM To; Moghannam, Kathleen Subject: FW: Opposition to Supervisorial Redistricting Draft 4 Map Traci Stumbaugh Administrative Assistant Butte County Administration (530) 538-7631 tstumbau ~h(a,buttecounty. net From: mpike [mailto:mpike@chico.com_1 Sent: Tuesday, July 05, ~Ot.l. 8:53 AM To: Admin Front Desk Cc: d.nressonCa~ci.chico.ca.us; NoOnSonOfMeasureA mail.com Subject: Fw: Opposition to Supervisorial Redistricting Draft 4 Map ---Original Message _ ~~~, .. _. To: redistrict buttecount .net Cc: d.presson aC~.ci.chico.ca.us ; NoOnSonOfMeasureA a(~.gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2Q11 8:49 AM Subject: Opposition to Supervisorial Redistricting Draft 4 Map I live in a farming community on the south border of Chico, currently in Supervisorial Dis#rict 4. While I do share some concerns in comrrjon with the District 2 citizens of the Barber neighborhood and Wesk Chico, they should not iae moved into our predominantly. rural and agricultural district. City folk have city issues, country folk have country issues, and we should each have representatives that speak to our concerns. As I voted in the recent State elections: Politicians should not draw their own Districts. would like to have an independent commission do this. Sincereky, Michael Pike 23Q~13 Estes Rd, Chico, CA 95928 Stumbau h, Traci Subject: FW: Please oppose redistricting by the Board of supervisors. e.g. Mr. Wahi. From: q-marvinC~comcast.net maiito: -marvin comcast.net Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 2:05 PM Ta redistrict; Admin Front Desk Cc: d ressan ci.chico.ca.us Subject: Please oppose redistricting by the Board of supervisors. e.g. Mr. Wahl. Dear Butte County administrators: Please know that I am strongly opposed to the Gerrymandering ofchioo by Mr. Larry Wahl. As has already been pointed out: South Chico belongs with downtown in the 2nd district, not with Gridley. South Chica has been in the same supervisorial district as downtown & the Ilni~ersity for decades. Mr. Wahl was wrong to push Measure A, just as he is wrong, now, to try to draw his own lines. Redistricting should not be done by the Supervisors, since they have obvious conflicts of interest. Sincerely, Grace M. Marvin 1621 N. Cherry St. Chico, CA 95926