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Residents urge more wards and mayoral term limits during public comment
Summary
At a Sept. 11 meeting, residents urged the Lansing Charter Commission to increase the number of wards and to add term limits for the mayor; commenters cited representation concerns and neighborhood division by current ward lines.
Two residents used the Sept. 11 Lansing Charter Commission public-comment period to press for changes to ward boundaries and mayoral term limits.
Nicholas Zandy, who identified himself as president of the Old River Neighborhood Association and a Second Ward resident, told commissioners the proposed five-ward plan with four at-large seats would under-represent parts of the city. He said he had proposed an eight-ward map with one at-large seat and said several neighborhoods…
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