Some say Dallas' proposed maps will bolster Black and Latin representation in the city. Others worry the maps will break up communities and leave them with less power.
Two proposed Dallas City Council district boundary maps are in the pipeline at City Hall. One will end up deciding who represents each part of Dallas. Some argue both of these maps could increase Latino and Black representation in the city. Others, like West Dallas advocate Debbie Solis, say they feel they’ve been left out of the process and that the result are maps that could break up their communities and make them less powerful.
In Map 17, Dallas City Council District 1 would stretch into some parts West Dallas, like south of Singleton Boulevard, the area around the Mountain View Dallas College campus and Arcadia Park. This includes a part of town Solis lives in as well. In this map, District 14 would include the Bishop Arts District, Methodist Dallas Medical Center and a good portion of the North Hampton Road area south of Interstate 30.
Solis said she thinks that members of the Redistricting Commission have been so focused on strengthening Latino and Black representation in the city that they’re not hearing the concerns of her community. “It’s like, in every corner people are trying to just do what they want and not even think about West Dallas and our history and what we need and want.”
“The map is really based on the premise that we wanted to create four strong African American districts and four strong Hispanic districts,” Stimson, the commission’s District 1 representative, said at their meeting this week. Stimson said he and the other commissioners think one of the best ways to do that is to tie the North Oak Cliff area to downtown. Their map would also see District 9 include the area around White Rock Lake.
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