Sounding slightly frustrated with the process, the Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved the idea of posting the latest of seven drawn maps of proposed new district lines in newspaper ads. The ads will inform citizens about the possible changes to those voting districts.
Hillsborough County’s Charter requires reapportionment of the County Commission's single-member districts,1-4, every 10 years, when the U.S. Census is completed. But during their discussion today, commissioners expressed unhappiness with how the process has played out so far, though they admitted that it was too late to change it for this once-in-a-decade go-round.
This article appears in May 19-25, 2011.