SALISBURY – A public hearing on a new councilmanic map will be held next month.
On Tuesday, the Wicomico County Council met with representatives of the 2021 Redistricting Committee to discuss a proposed plan to reconfigure three councilmanic districts based on new Census data.
“The county is required after each Census, which is every 10 years, to appoint a redistricting commission to basically balance out the five councilmanic districts as best we can,” said committee chair Gail Bartkovich. “So each one of you who represents a district, it’s equal in the number of people you represent.”
Officials said 2020 Census data revealed Wicomico’s population had increased to 104,227. While the county’s population had grown by about 1,000 people a year in the last three or four decades, GIS Coordinator Frank McKenzie said the most recent data revealed a smaller growth rate.
“The last Census, we were about half that,” he said. “A lot of that was attributed to COVID. There were a lot of people who just didn’t want to fill out the forms.”
Democrats trying to CHEAT AGAIN !!!
“GIS Coordinator Frank McKenzie said the most recent data revealed a smaller growth rate.”
hmmm, guess he did not take want to openly admit to the flock of citizens that fled this dumpster fire of a community, he just polished the turd of facts with fluffy words – smaller growth.