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Residents urge more wards, fewer at-large seats during Lansing Charter Commission public comment
Summary
Three residents told the Lansing Charter Commission that the city's current four-ward, substantial at-large model underrepresents neighborhoods; speakers advocated for more wards (seven to nine) and elimination or reduction of at-large council seats.
Nicholas Zandy, president of the Old Everett Neighborhood Association, told the Lansing Charter Commission on Jan. 7 that Lansing's current ward map and the number of at-large seats concentrate power and leave underprivileged neighborhoods underrepresented. "I don't think four wards are nearly enough," Zandy said, urging the commission to consider nine wards or, at minimum, seven wards with fewer at-large seats.
He described Colonial Village and Old Everett as closely knit…
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