{"id":5005,"date":"2011-11-03T06:28:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T10:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=5005"},"modified":"2011-11-03T09:43:37","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T13:43:37","slug":"morning-read-will-ny-23-remain-intact-what-about-its-rural-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2011\/11\/03\/morning-read-will-ny-23-remain-intact-what-about-its-rural-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Read: Will NY-23 remain intact? What about its rural character?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Current NY-23 boundaries based on the 2000 census<\/p><\/div>\n

The 23rd congressional district, which sprawls across northern New York, is one of the most complex and colorful political battlegrounds in the East.<\/p>\n

After decades of being safe Republican territory, the 23rd has provided several dramatic elections, with outsized personalities like Doug Hoffman and Deedee Scozzafava.<\/p>\n

But now the district needs to grow by roughly 53,000 people, in order to match the target population of congressional districts after the 2010 Census.<\/p>\n

At a meeting this week in Plattsburgh, politicos and residents worried aloud that the character of the 23rd could be changed as it grows even larger.\u00a0 This from the Plattsburgh Press-Republican<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ray Scollin of Saranac Lake said the district could gain the people needed by adding the rest of Essex County and part of Fulton County.<\/p>\n

“They are much like the rest of the district,” he said.<\/p>\n

Assemblyman Ken Blankenbush, a Republican from the Watertown area, said the North Country district has been roughly the same for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n

“I think it is important to keep it as a single district,” Blankenbush said.<\/p>\n

“If it is split, our representation would be diluted, and we could be represented by someone who is unlikely to live in our area.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So what do you think?\u00a0 In recent years, most of the North Country has been represented by lawmakers from Watertown or Plattsburgh.\u00a0 Is there a danger that a future representative could come from farther afield?<\/p>\n

What if the city of Utica (population 62,000) were lumped into the district?\u00a0 Read the P-R’s article here<\/a> and chime in below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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