A bunch of South Boston civic organizations has filed an open-meeting legislation grievance in opposition to town council as neighborhood teams leery of the physique splitting up Southie vie for extra public hearings.
“The City Council Redistricting process thus far has been conducted in violation of state laws and guided by an effort to dilute the power of our votes,” the coalition, which incorporates the South Boston Ward 6 Democratic Committee, South Boston Citizens Association, Martin F. McDonough American Legion Post, St. Vincent’s Lower End Neighborhood Association and Old Colony Tenant Association, stated in a press release Tuesday.
The group in its grievance dated Tuesday cites three cases through which it claims too many councilors met with out public discover: Oct. 10 within the Bolling Building, Oct. 18 exterior of City Hall in a press convention and Oct. 19 on the Condon School. The grievance names 10 of the 13 councilors — everybody in addition to Kenzie Bok, Gigi Coletta and Kendra Lara.
The coalition of teams is in search of that the physique “shall conduct a minimum of five (5) properly noticed public hearings in neighborhoods impacted by the proposal including South Boston, Dorchester, Mattapan, South End and Roslindale neighborhoods prior to any vote on redistricting in the Boston City Council.”
City Council President Ed Flynn, who represents Southie, and City Councilor Liz Breadon, the redistricting chair, didn’t instantly reply for requests for remark.
This is the most recent flip in what’s been a contentious and at instances indignant redistricting course of. The present baseline map, which Breadon has stated she plans on citing in an amended type for a vote Wednesday, would separate South Boston between Flynn’s District 2 and City Councilor Frank Baker’s District 3. Following Flynn’s adamant opposition to this, there’s been speak about pivoting not less than a number of the precincts in query again to D2, although it’s not fairly clear but which and what number of.
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