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GOP Redistricting Plan
Shreds Oakland To Pieces
I assume your interview with Rep.
Marty Knollenberg was done over the
phone so that you could not see him
laughing all the way to the political
bank.
As chair of legislative redistrict-
ing for the Michigan House in 1991,
I can assure you that none of our
maps looked like this. We aimed
for compact, contiguous districts
and strove to keep ethnic and other
cultural groups together wherever
possible. For example, we reunited
a long-divided Hispanic portion
of Detroit. This year's legislature
seems to have deliberately ignored
those considerations.
Yes, we had partisan consider-
ations, but we still created maps
that allowed citizens to choose their
elected officials, not officials picking
constituents. Yes, the loss of a con-
gressional district would undoubt-
edly mean a loss of a Democratic seat
with Republicans drawing the lines.
Democrats would drop a Republican
member if they were in charge. But
that still doesn't excuse the kind of
lines drawn.
Oakland County may have had
four different congressional dis-
tricts before, but the county wasn't
shredded to pieces. Even Republican
Brooks Patterson has loudly criti-
cized the new results.
I doubt any amount of lobbying
on the part of the Jewish communi-
ty or anyone else would have made
a difference. Rep. Knollenberg and
his cohorts did not draw the maps
with their constituents in mind.
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They drew them with the future
of the Republican Party and the
political aspirations of Republican
state and federal legislators as their
only guideline.
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In Traverse City
Traverse City has a rich Jewish life
to offer residents and guests alike.
Congregation
Beth El, a reform
synagogue
founded in 1885,
is Michigan's
oldest temple in
continuous use
and has its home
in a beautiful,
Rabbi
historical build-
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ing. Congregation
Ahavat Shalom,
a non-denominational synagogue
is a relative newcomer having been
founded in 1997. Both congrega-
tions are in Traverse City, but serve
many surrounding communities as
well, from Manistee to Torch Lake
to Charlevoix.
Opportunities for Jews in the
Traverse area include Kabbalat
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ning during the summer at one
of the two congregations; Shabbat
morning services once a month;
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weekly Torah study; monthly adult
education programs; and monthly
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Starting this month, Rabbi Seth
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congregations. Having served for
three years with Ahavat Shalom,
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Jewish community closer together
as they share his services.
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p.m., preceded by a potluck dinner
starting at 6 pm. Both will be held
at the Unitarian Universalist, 6726
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