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william pearcy
let's go brannon! keep Nelson in Va 5th!!
Diane S. Shea
It is a mistake to include King George County in a district that covers most of Stafford County and the City of Fredericksburg. There is no "community of interest" between King George County and the other two jurisdictions. King George is not part of the regional library system, does not generally have concerns about I-95 since most of its population does not commute north, but rather east. King George residents typically do not shop, recreate, or worship in Stafford County or Fredericksburg. They are far more rural than the other two jurisdictions and far less diverse in population. I urge you to not create a District 15 with King George County in it.
Diana Smith
It doesn't make sense for this district to be down -9,144 people. The map should push into Prince William County, and contiguous districts also pushed south, east, west. The need to keep county boundaries reflects virtual boundaries and not community boundaries.
Ingrid Sherwood
Like keeping Nelson County separate from Charlottesville and Albemarle County
Joyce I French
See attached file
Kim Jacoby
Please do not combine Fredericksburg city with King George. These are far from common communities of interest. Fredericksburg should be included with as much as possible of Stafford County, instead. - Senate Map B3 (Democrat) is much superior in keeping a community of common interest together.
Jordan Labiosa
This district more accurately reflects Craig County's community of interest. I was honored that Craig County was the #1 voting locality (81.7%) for the formation of the Redistricting Commission. In part, this was because Craig County is currently represented in the Virginia Senate by a Senator in Lynchburg. Though Senator Newman has done a fine job of representing our values, it is easy to see that Craig County is culturally and geographically different than Lynchburg and interested in different priorities. It is my assessment that Craig County should be in a Roanoke-based House of Delegate's district to maintain our community of interest. Craig County is in the Roanoke Metropolitan Region with a Roanoke-centric population base. A vast majority of our workforce travels to Roanoke County every day for employment utilizing Craig County's primary road, Rt 311, for travel. Rt. 311 is also a road maintained out of the Roanoke-based VDOT Salem residency. Craig County has just one small grocery store and most households rely on Salem/Roanoke as the closest source of broader options and prices. The largest industry in Craig County, a sand mining plant, relies on roads in the Catawba Valley to reach the Roanoke Cement Co. If you dial 911 in Craig County and need transportation to a hospital, the odds are more than 85% in favor of you being transported to a Roanoke-based hospital. Craig County law enforcement is trained at Cardinal Justice Academy in Salem and our allotment of State Troopers serves out of the Area 40 Office (Roanoke and Craig Counties). Our namesake, Robert Craig, was a Roanoke-based delegate. To remove Craig County from a Roanoke-based district would ignore substantial precedent in the fact that Craig County has never been paired within a district which does not include a majority in Roanoke County or Botetourt. Removing Craig County's Roanoke-based representation in the House of Delegates serves only to detach our interests from representation in Richmond.
Elaine Diepenbrock
Please do NOT combine Stafford and King George into one Senate district. A more appropriate district would be to combine Stafford County, Fredericksburg City, and as much of northern Spotsylvania as possible (see draft map B3 from 9/18). These three areas, as already mentioned, share a very strong and extensive community of interest (I-95 and its associated traffic, regional Library system, economic development patterns, medical systems, and more) and to separate them seems to be arbitrary and potentially damaging.
Kevin Neilson-Hall
State senate seats shouldn’t span as much area as a congressional district. The current senate map has Goochland paired with Lynchburg, areas which have nothing in common. This map does the same thing but with a different area. Goochland is a Richmond area exurb and deserves representation that understands the area. If protecting incumbents were not the primary focus of this body, then I don’t think anyone would ever draw a district that looks like this.
Heywood Greenberg
Nelson County has far more of a community of interest with Albemarle County and Charlottesville than with Augusta County, Waynesboro and Staunton. The Blue Ridge Health Department and Thomas Jefferson Planning District both include Nelson, along with Albemarle, Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Louisa and Greene. More than half the county's workforce commutes to the greater Charlottesville area. Nelson County receives its news media and gets coverage from Charlottesville (and Lynchburg) to a far greater extent than other areas.
James Enoch
As previously commented, this does not make sense to have Campbell County paired with counties so far north and south of them. Campbell County is part of the "Region 2000" with Bedford, Lynchburg, Amherst, Appomattox, so it does not make sense to share district with people not in the foothills of Lynchburg.
Virginia Johnson
Halifax County should be with Mecklenburg. There is very little in common with the localities included so far north.
Sandra E. Collins
Nelson County should not be joined in the same district as Albemarle County or Charlottesville. We have nothing in common with them or their politics - totally different values.
Kevin wayne miller
we have more in common with this plan, than we do with Albemarle or Charlottesville.
Catherine T Miller
This plan makes more sense than the one for Albemarle. We have nothing in common with Charlottesville or Albemarle politics.
Melissa King
B4 is a clearly an excellent plan. Keeping all of Albemarle County together with Charlottesville, along with neighboring areas makes perfect sense to me. This gives a strong community voice to our part of the state.
Matthew Lawless
This SD-31 district is excellent: compact, no split counties, and a sensible community of interest around the Charlottesville MSA. The Town of Scottsville would likely be well represented here.
Tina Winkler
Goochland and Powhatan are more closely located to the greater Richmond area and should be grouped in a district closer to Richmond. We do not have anything in common with counties at the North Carolina line. The eastern half of Goochland and the eastern half of Powhatan are basically suburbs of Henrico and Chesterfield. We should be connected to those communities, not extreme rural areas.
Will Pace
Senate District that includes all of Pittsylvania County, Danville, Henry County, Martinsville, Franklin County and none of the localities in this Senate district are split. Perfect. Don't touch this Senate district. Leave it as is.
Joel Overly
This doesn't make a lot of sense Halifax should be with Mecklenburg they are both similar agricultural zones and it also doesn't make sense that the district would go so far up north west.
Joel Overly
This doesn't make a lot of sense Halifax should be with Mecklenburg they are both similar agricultural zones and it also doesn't make sense that the district would go so far up north west.
Joel Overly
This doesn't make a lot of sense Halifax should be with Mecklenburg they are both similar agricultural zones and it also doesn't make sense that the district would go so far up north west.
Brown D Burton
I currently reside and have resided for 47 years in Southwest Roanoke County. This is in reference to maps B4/6. Proposed Senate District 37 would generally replace the current District 19. I spoke at the 2011 Redistricting Hearing about this district. When I looked at this map yesterday I said someone on drugs must have done this with an Etch-A-Sketch. Districts should have compactness. Compactness is measured by the ratio of the perimeter divided by the area. Proposed District 37 has the highest ratio (least compactness) of any proposed district. Districts can be composed of three types of areas: urban, suburban and rural. A well drawn district will have if possible one type. If not possible two types are acceptable. A poorly drawn district will have all three. Proposed District 37 has all three - urban, suburban and rural. No district should have split precincts. Split precincts increase the work of the State Board of Elections and increase the costs to taxpayers. Proposed District 37 has split precincts. What we have here is not voters picking their legislators but legislators picking their voters. This is gerrymandering at its best. After I made my comments in 2011 District 19 was approved by the legislature with all the same problems. I had great hope and voted for the Virginia Redistricting Commission. But what you see now is worse than in 2011. If districts like 37 are approved the change from legislative drawn to commission drawn will have been for naught. I ask that you compose District 37 of Roanoke City, Salem City and the majority of Roanoke County in order that the citizens of Southwest Virginia have fair representation. Thank you.
Joel Overly
This doesn't make a lot of sense Halifax should be with Mecklenburg they are both similar agricultural zones and it also doesn't make sense that the district would go so far up north west.
Randolph A Heiston
Nelson County has nothing in common with Albemarle/Charlottesville politics.
Joel Overly
This doesn't make a lot of sense Halifax should be with Mecklenburg they are both similar agricultural zones and it also doesn't make sense that the district would go so far up north west.
Joel Overly
This doesn't make a lot of sense Halifax should be with Mecklenburg they are both similar agricultural zones and it also doesn't make sense that the district would go so far up north west.
Mark Heinicke
Re: District 31 - Remove Buckingham County from District 31. Why? Having lived in Nelson for 10 years and Greene for 11 years, I believe there are good arguments for combining both of them with Albemarle County. One map (A5) includes Nelson but excludes Greene and the other map does the opposite (B4). Both of them include Buckingham which has much less in common with Albemarle. I propose that BOTH Nelson and Greene Counties be included in District 31 and Buckingham be removed.
Edward McCann Sr
I like this plan. This plan appears to make the most sense. Having like minded people that hold the same values and principles is appreciated. Not having Albemarle County is not a problem for me and my family. Augusta County and Nelson County have a lot in common.
Edward McCann Sr
I like this plan. This plan appears to make the most sense. Having like minded people that hold the same values and principles is appreciated. Not having Albemarle County is not a problem for me and my family. Augusta County and Nelson County have a lot in common.
Fran Larkins
Please do not combine Stafford and the City of Fredericksburg with King George. District 13 on B3 (9/18) is much better at capturing my "community of interest." The City of Fredericksburg is much smaller than other Virginia city and its "community of interest" economically extends into northern Spotsylvania westward along Route 3 as well as southern Stafford County. Another suggestion is to at least use the areas in Stafford and Spotsylvania Counties that have a Fredericksburg mailing address - Zip Codes 22401, 22405, 22406, 22407, and 22408. I realize there's no correlation between zip codes and Census blocks, but this could give a good outline of our connections. The only reason I can see for not moving King George County to District 16 is that it might put Senators Stuart and McDougle in the same district. (Sorry, I can’t see the incumbent markers on the maps. Yes, Sen. Stuart is my representative and I don’t even know where he lives.)
Chris DeRosa
This map, B4 Senate, includes almost all of Arlington County into one Senate District, which makes perfect sense, given the population of the county.
Ralph "Carlton" Ballowe
I think we have a lot in common with our friends across the mountain. A mountain that requires only a thousand foot climb through the gap isn't the barrier it was a hundred years ago. It is not as though we have to cross it on horseback. I live in Nelson but go to church in Augusta and do most of my shopping in Waynesboro and Staunton. Charlottesville and Waynesboro are about the same distance for me, but I much prefer shopping and taking care of business across the mountain. The traffic is nicer and I have a lot more in common with the people.
Bernice A Thieblot
Glad not to be included with Albermarle County.
Armand Thieblot
Keeps Nelson from being subsumed by Charlottesville, so I'm in favor of it.
Thomas P. Nelson, Jr.
Good job with this District - Thanks.
Theresa A Barrett
Other than political gains which are not agreeable to both parties the county lines are there for a purpose leave it be!
No cheating
Bennett Snyder
After all the comments from last week's maps, it makes no sense to continue putting Nelson County with counties across the mountains.
Peggy Layne
Thank you for creating a district that groups Blacksburg and Radford with Roanoke to represent our community of interest in the New River and Roanoke Valleys. The universities and health care centers in this area are major economic drivers and we also share cultural interests.