Thread by @redistrictAZ

Days to #FairMaps = 99.
IRC meeting this am. Agenda Item 4: Public Comments. Ch. Neuberg - previous comments were very focused on events from 2 weeks ago and seems to have been settled from training yesterday

addressing comment touched upon the way in which IRC seeing the six criteria (Neuberg personally) esp. re: competitiveness-- "we are about to embark on robust public hearing and serious debate and dialog ..

"all six criteria are going to be thoroughly considered and evaluated. It's.. we've received great training

from our counsel, commissioners have some degree of discretion in our interpretation of the order of these criteria. All of them will be considered thoroughly. When you are making your case and want us to understand your community, and what your needs are, to the extent that you

can incorporate as many of the criteria as possible, that only make your case a little stronger and makes it a little less ambiguous for the commissioners. So, my simple direction is as you are giving us feedback the more thorough you can be addressing all six criteria...

I think empowers your case... And the other comment is on the budget and I think we'll dive in a little more deeply as things trickle in.. and we can identify those specific areas... "

That is a direct quote from the Chairwoman this morning. She then adds: "I'd like to than the public as always. I hope the mapping team when they dive into their data gives a huge shout out to AZ

for our general responsiveness and interest in the redistricting process. We're blowing other states away in terms of submitting COI reports - at least the neighboring state to the west of us - and thank you.

Thank you to our team; thank you to mapping; thank you to the public for engaging. But hopefully we'll get into that a little more later."

This is @redistrictAZ now. Oh my goodness. I do wish they would set their own standards and start living up to their own expectations instead of comparing to the ghost of 2011 and the shadow of the western neighbor. Because so far they have not demonstrated

any level of understanding what their task is. Or respect for the task - and privilege they have been given.