{"id":3087,"date":"2012-10-12T08:28:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T12:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wrfalp.wordpress.com\/?p=3087"},"modified":"2012-10-12T08:28:31","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T12:28:31","slug":"morning-news-county-lawmakers-to-choose-between-two-redistricting-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/morning-news-county-lawmakers-to-choose-between-two-redistricting-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"MORNING NEWS: County Lawmakers to Choose Between Two Redistricting Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

MAYVILLE – A non-partisan group of county residents charged with drawing new district lines for the Chautauqua County Legislature<\/strong> have finalized and approved a plan to be considered by lawmakers. But, there is a second, alternative plan that has surfaced that has the minority leader of the legislature crying foul.<\/p>\n

Jamestown Legislator and minority leader Lori Cornell<\/strong>, a democrat, is announcing her support for the Redistricting Commission’s<\/strong> plan that redraws the legislature district lines in conjunction with the 2010 U.S. Census and the reduction in the number of legislative districts from the current 25 to 19. <\/p>\n

According to a media release sent out Thursday by Cornell, the majority of members present on the Reapportionment Commission have fairly divided all of the new 19 districts in the county respecting town lines when possible. Pomfret, Jamestown, Ellicott, Busti and the City Dunkirk are towns with population greater than the maximum size allowed for a new county legislature district and thus will be represented by more than one county legislator in any plan. The reapportionment committee also divided the smaller towns of Gerry and North Harmony as it drew proportionate districts. Jamestown, the county’s largest community, is drawn in the reapportionment committee plan with four wholly contained and one legislative district shared with East Ellicott and Falconer.<\/p>\n

Cornell says there will actually be two plans to be considered by lawmakers when they vote for a plan later this month. She says lawmakers can either accept the plan drawn by the non-partisan commission or go with a redistricting plan established by legislator Larry Barmore<\/strong> (R-Gerry), who also serves as the legislature’s majority leader. Cornell accuses the ‘Barmore Plan’ of being drawn unilaterally with partisan political interests at the forefront. Although Barmore is one of two legislators who serves on the redistricting committee, Cornell claims he has presented an alternative plan without seeking input from other committee members \u2013 and that the Barmore Plan intentionally and unfairly draws Jamestown legislature districts at the largest possible size to intentionally contain more voters than other drawn rural districts.<\/p>\n

Cornell says both plans will be put up for a vote during the legislature\u2019s Oct. 24 voting session and she is urging her colleagues to go with the plan that was approved by the majority of the redistricting committee, rather than with the plan that will be presented as an alternative by Barmore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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