Map G: The New County Districts

I attended the BOCC hearing on redistricting last night.  I had previously attended one of the open houses hosted by the county to "get input" from the citizens.  Essentially, those open houses were the county employees telling the citizens how the county had decided to redraw the lines for the new districts.  Those resulted in Maps A,B,C,D.  The one selected was Map G. Map G is not as good as Maps I (infamous People's Map) and Map J.  But it is way better than county's squiggly lines in Map A, B,C and D.  Do I believe that Map G should be adopted whole.  No way.  As I say in the meeting, the people of Florida voted for Fair Districts on the state and federal level.  Just because the citizens of Hillsborough County were not allowed to vote on the issue of fair districts on the county level doesn't mean we don't want them.  We do.  Adjust Map G to reflect the priciples of compact, fair districts.