Neighbors,
I'm forwarding the below e-mail from Commissioner Ivan Frishberg, ANC6B02. ?I concur whole heartedly with his position and am greatly concerned about ceding this part of our neighborhood to an ANC focussed largely on H St and NoMa issues. ?
If you concur with Commissioner Frishberg and I, I encourage you to sign the petition linked to in the included e-mail.
Best,
Brian Pate
ANC6B05
?From Commissioner Frishberg:
"Last month the Ward 6 Redistricting Task Force unanimously adopted a redistricting plan that would keep all of the neighbors around Eastern Market and the Hine School site a part of ANC6B. ?Unfortunately, last night ?they voted by a vote of 5-4-1 to undo that decision and cut 1200 residents out of ANC6B and given them to ANC6C that principally serves the area around Union Station and North of Massachusetts (NoMa).
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO DEFEAT THIS PROPOSAL AND KEEP ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAVING A SAY IN HINE AND EASTERN MARKET.
Sign the petition to the task Force and to Tommy Wells ?
What the proposal does is take the blocks between 3rd street and 8th street and East Capitol and Independence and puts them in ANC6C. ?This includes residents that are only a few hundred feet away from the Eastern Market block. ?
You can see what the view of ANC6B looks like from the new ANC6C in this picture. ?. ?Think about it. ?You live right across the street but you are not represented on the Hine Development, Eastern Market or 7th Street issues.
The Ward 6 Redistricting Task Force will meet again on September 22nd. ?We need to let them and Tommy Wells know that districts should give people representation on the issues that impact them.
Sign the petition to Tommy Wells and the Ward 6 Redistricting Task Force
Task Force members Donna Scheeder and Ken Jarboe spoke very convincingly against the proposal. ?They made the point very powerfully that this proposal would take residents' representation over the central facets of their neighborhood away. ?This is an area that has been part of ANC6B for 35 years.
Please speak out and help stop this proposal. ?Please share this email with your neighbors and make sure they have a chance to speak out on this proposal before it gets forwarded to the City Council.
Many thanks for your help.
Ivan Frishberg
ANC6B02"
