Maybe Mayor Bloomberg Should Spend His Money at Home Before Helping Schwarzenegger's Republican Redistricting Measure

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Talk about New York chutzpah.
 
New York Mayor/Billionaire Michael Bloomberg gave $250,000 to the Schwarzenegger Republican redistricting initiative today.

Maybe the money would be better spent at home, where the Mayor could practice what he's trying to preach to California voters.
 
The New York City Redistricting Commission of 15 members is made up entirely of appointments by elected officials (7 Mayor, 5 majority leader, 3 minority leader). Compare that to the Schwarzenegger initiative -- which has no elected appointments. The Schwarzenegger initiative also requires equal representation for the minority party.

The New York City council can reject their draft plan by a majority vote and make them go back before adopting a final map. Schwarzenegger's plan has no legislative oversight.

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