Supreme Court Justice Patrick McAllister – Threw Out the Super Gerrymandered District Maps in Brooklyn
WOW I thought that the district maps were a done deal!
Thankfully an ethical judge heard the case and threw out the the new district maps which super gerrymandered our district.
When Senator Andrew Gounardes saw the map above, he did nothing to change it.
Andrew Gounardes always wants to talk about the Constitution and Democracy. Gounardes used to pointed out how the Republicans gerrymandered our district. When he had a chance to do better, why didn’t Gounardes do better?
Andrew Gounardes thought it was okay that he benefitted from a super gerrymandered district. That’s a sign that a politician is in office too long.
Gerrymandering is a form of corruption. During the last election, Gounardes’ wife Melanie sent me an e-mail where she wrote that she doesn’t understand what Andrew does. (See here) Melanie, Democrats tried to limit a community so your husband could win an election and Andrew was silent about it. He’s not helping anyone in Brooklyn, which deserves a fair election.
Brooklyn – please vote out every Democrat who stayed silent about these maps. Our elected representatives knew the Republicans did this so we should have seen them be professional and do the right thing for our community.
Most disappointing was seeing that Mathylde Frontus went along with this plan for redistricting – her district wasn’t that much different, but she knew ours was.
Frontus definately shouldn’t run any more redistricting forums because she didn’t believe we deserved a fair district.
Even though I don’t agree with Frontus on many things, I thought she would vote for Brooklyn. When I saw she approved the maps, I was angry because I thought we elected a better woman.
Councilman Justin Brannan spent $50,000 of our district funds for NY Law School “to teach people about redistricting.” (Source – Page 100 – 7th Line) Can we get our money back?
Since the funding did not “assure” that the new districts were fairer, equitable and representative, can we have our money back NY Law School?
District Leader, Chris McCreight made a little noise about redistricting in August. The Way Back Machine saved the deleted site. (See here)
Why was McCreight concerned with redistricting? Because Chris McCreight wanted a new district where he could run for office. McCreight quickly deleted the page below and never spoke out about the super gerrymandered district.
Equally silent was District Leader, Tori Kelly Burhans. Why didn’t Tori Burnhas speak out for woman in this district?
Iwen Chen never spoke out against these unfair districts. Our community is not divided by culture – we are one Brooklyn – no matter what sneaky politicians do. When Irene Chu failed to speak out against these district maps, she showed she doesn’t believe anyone in Brooklyn deserves a fair election. We don’t need another pol who just wants to occupy the seat.
Hugs,
marlene
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