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Dallas Morning News Column - December 4, 2004

Should suburban city councils have all single-member districts, all at-largerepresentatives or a mix of both? (And why ...)

City residents should elect 2 representatives - one to represent the district and a mayor to represent the entire city. This ensures visibility to problems unique to different areas yet allows a strong leader to adopt a visionary approach to growth and policy matters. This model has worked well at the federal level for over 200 years.

Mahesh Shetty,
Richardson
Finance Executive, 45

posted by Mahesh Shetty @ 10:13 PM