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| The Current Austin City Council District Map (click to enlarge) |
You've probably hear that the Texas Legislature is currently involved in redrawing district maps for state and Federal offices. The City of Austin is also redrawing its maps for city council districts. Last month, the Independent Citizen's Redistricting Commission issued its preliminary map of the new council districts.
The city has 3 public forums listed as upcoming on its Facebook page. The commission will redraw a final map at the end of the month and present it to the city council by November 1st.
Take a look at the new map. I, for example, was quite surprised to find out that the preliminary map would place me in district 9 [note: I ran for office in district 5 back in 2014]. I have ideas about why they did this to my precinct, though I am not happy at the thought of being split off from the rest of Zilker (no offense to D9; I'd just rather stay in the same district with Zilker and Barton Hills). So, check the map: you may be for a surprise as well.
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