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.”
Scanned through article and didn’t notice a place this is being held at, or is it virtual to attend? After the racist shit that liberal professor pulled last time, I want to attend this.
Stealing more territory for Democrats is what it is all about !!!!!!!
BEWARE !!!!!