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Originally Posted by bigguy1231
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Brenda Johnson, Ward 11 councillor, understands dividing her ward. But she's not happy with the loss of the rural Flamborough ward either.
"People in the rural area have very little voice to begin with," she said.
Uh, no. Actually their voice has been relatively
larger than that of others in the city, Brenda. There's this concept called
representation by population in our democratic system... perhaps you're familiar with it?
And I get that she's probably referring to the transfer of one council seat from the ring of original suburban municipalities to the area that was the pre-amalgamation City of Hamilton, but if you take "rural" literally there will now be FIVE councilors who have wards that cover large tracts of rural land, up one from before (or six, if you consider the new Ward 10 is still urbanizing between Fruitland and Fifty roads)... it's just that they all have an urban portion they must represent.