The neighborhoods I represent are determined by the lines drawn during redistricting by the Governor and the General Assembly.
A group of community leaders in the 41st District submitted the following statement to a public hearing of the Legislative Redistricting Advisory
Commission this past Tuesday.
Testimony of 41st District Community Leaders
Submitted to the Legislative Redistricting Advisory Commission
Chairman Aro and Members of the Commission:
The 41st District has been a diverse community of Baltimoreans for twenty years.
That diversity has been a continued strength of the district and allowed for all communities within it to be heard and represented in Annapolis.
We come before you as representatives of a wide range of communities within the 41st District.
There can be no understating the importance of representing a plurality of opinions in a healthy democracy. State legislative districts are some of the most basic building blocks of our representative democracy. They can ensure that every community has a say in the way our government functions.
The redistricting process should foster this diversity of views. Our state senator and delegates have done a stellar job of representing the diversity within the 41st District and brought us together when needed to benefit our neighborhoods and the whole district.
Our legislators have brought substantial benefits to our district – from the once in a generation revitalization of the Pimlico Race Course. to renovations at the Mary Rodman Recreation Center. (A listing of neighborhood projects will be provided in the near future.)
We urge the Commission to add the necessary population to the 41st District that would maintain its diversity.
Anita Catchcart Allendale Community Association
Betty Cherniak Glen Neighborhood Improvement Association
Mary Page Michel Roland Park
Jay Newman Poplar Hill Association
Cynthia Shaw Lyndhurst Improvement Association
Shirlene Littejohn Uplands Homeowners Association
Sandy Johnson Fallstaff Improvement Association
Community association names are provided for identification purposes only and should not be read as an endorsement of this testimony. October 12, 2021
