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Former commissioner asks Beltrami County to publish expanded redistricting notice in county newsletter
Summary
Former commissioner Jim Lukachek urged the board to allow a longer unsolicited article in the county newsletter explaining a redistricting lawsuit that overturned the board's prior 3-2 plan; commissioners agreed to discuss the request in a work session and possibly on a following board meeting agenda.
Former commissioner Jim Lukachek asked the Beltrami County Board of Commissioners to allow a longer unsolicited article in the county newsletter outlining a recent redistricting lawsuit that, he said, had resulted in a judge reversing the board’s earlier 3-2 redistricting plan.
Lukachek, identifying himself as a former commissioner and a plaintiff in the litigation, said residents have “very, very, very little information” about the redistricting matter and requested the board permit an article longer than the committee’s 500-word limit so constituents can…
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