Michigan’s newly created ‘independent’ Redistricting Commission (MICRC) is proposing new congressional and state legislative district maps. It was supposed to stop the “gerrymandering,” and to create districts that “make sense” and respect communities of interest.
The commission has intentionally carved up counties, including Midland County, into multiple Congressional districts, severely diminishing our voice in Washington. They literally carved out the City of Midland from the rest of Midland County and included it with Flint, 60 miles south of Midland! The very essence of gerrymandering!
MIDLAND COUNTY BELONGS WITH GLADWIN
The commission is acting in a way that intentionally separates communities from each other.
The proposed maps hinder our region’s ability to adequately:
- Address flood reduction and dam repair.
- Receive federal grant dollars for our Health Care System.
- Promote Tax and Energy Policies that drive Mid-Michigan’s economy.
- Increase internet access by expanding rural broadband.
As a result, our collaborative efforts to rebuild Midland and Gladwin counties after a devasting flood will be diminished.
We ask the commission to change their map according to the following:
- Acknowledge the entire counties of Midland and Gladwin as one community of interest.
- Keep Midland County whole and connected to Gladwin.
- Keep the Tittabawassee watershed communities of Midland, Gladwin, Isabella, and Clare counties together.
- Preserve and respect current geographic boundaries, specifically county lines, for small counties less than 100,000 people.
- Use the Lange Map as a template; but a minor tweak to the Apple or Birch map will also address this request.
Keeping Midland County whole and connected to Gladwin makes sense, and it ensures that we are represented fairly and that our voice will be heard in Washington.
You have an opportunity to fight this injustice to our community. Make your voice heard by adding your name to this petition! Tell the Redistricting Commission that they are diluting the voices of both Midland and Flint by combining us into one congressional district.
Additional Information:
Midland, Gladwin region awarded $54M to aid in flood recovery, mitigation (detroitnews.com)
Commissioners: Gladwin and Midland deserve unified representation (ourmidland.com)
Letter to editor: Dems put politics over community (ourmidland.com)
Redistricting commission is 'not so independent' (ourmidland.com)
Visit the MICRC Public Comment Portal at: https://www.michigan-mapping.org/
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
December 15, 2021
December 13, 2021
We are approaching 500 signatures and need a final push to force the commission to acknowledge our community of interest. Post this link to your Facebook page and text three friends who live in our district right now.
December 13, 2021
The momentum behind our push to keep Midland and Gladwin together is growing fast. Now is the time to turn that energy into action so post this link to your Facebook page and text three friends who live in our district. Email your representative today and tell them why our community must remain whole.
December 11, 2021
We just hit 100 signatures to keep Midland and Gladwin together. Post the link to your Facebook page right now and text three friends who live in our district to add their names.
Reached 100 supporters
December 10, 2021
215 Comments
I am the Village of Sanford President who is helping to rebuild the Village after the floods. It's important to keep Midland County with Gladwin and to keep the City of Midland in Midland County. Thanks!! Dolores
City of Midland and Midland County must obviously work together to achieve common goals. Midland and Gladwin Counties share a border-and common goals (the flood!). Flint is more big city-metropolitan; we have more rural issues that need to be addressed. This would benefit no one.
I work with the Midland Conservation District and their conservation partners and local government officials. Tearing apart Midland County from our watershed counties to the north would would make managing our natural resources more difficult.
With legacy family ties firmly within Midland & Gladwin counties, retaining the district to be inclusive of counties and holistically respecting defined county lines within a district is both consistent with history and makes sense culturally to better represent citizens of the district.
There are absolutely no GOOD reasons to separate the city of Midland from Midland Country!! It should remain as it has been for many years, especially at this time with the situation of the upstream dams in flux.
I was 7 or 8 yrs old when I was put in Green Chimneys, This was in the early 70's. I was raped twice once by a student,And once by a grown man. And Molested several times by a large man,he tracked me like a wild animal, he'd corner me in a room and molest me only because he was to big to rape me, he tried .The second perpetrator was a pro,This took place in the barn,he gained my trust by playing with me then he led me to the loft and raped me. I've lived in fear my whole life, and have PTSD because of this. Diagnosed twice by certified psychiatrist. And there was so much more neglect and uncaring insodences by adults and children. This has been so hard to write ✍ but there it is. Cristin Betts Minton,now age 58.
Please keep the city of midland with the counties stated here. They make sense. Flint does not.
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Michigan’s newly created ‘independent’ Redistricting Commission (MICRC) is proposing new congressional and state legislative district maps. It was supposed to stop the “gerrymandering,” and to create districts that “make sense” and respect communities of interest.
The commission has intentionally carved up counties, including Midland County, into multiple Congressional districts, severely diminishing our voice in Washington. They literally carved out the City of Midland from the rest of Midland County and included it with Flint, 60 miles south of Midland! The very essence of gerrymandering!
MIDLAND COUNTY BELONGS WITH GLADWIN
The commission is acting in a way that intentionally separates communities from each other.
The proposed maps hinder our region’s ability to adequately:
- Address flood reduction and dam repair.
- Receive federal grant dollars for our Health Care System.
- Promote Tax and Energy Policies that drive Mid-Michigan’s economy.
- Increase internet access by expanding rural broadband.
As a result, our collaborative efforts to rebuild Midland and Gladwin counties after a devasting flood will be diminished.
We ask the commission to change their map according to the following:
- Acknowledge the entire counties of Midland and Gladwin as one community of interest.
- Keep Midland County whole and connected to Gladwin.
- Keep the Tittabawassee watershed communities of Midland, Gladwin, Isabella, and Clare counties together.
- Preserve and respect current geographic boundaries, specifically county lines, for small counties less than 100,000 people.
- Use the Lange Map as a template; but a minor tweak to the Apple or Birch map will also address this request.
Keeping Midland County whole and connected to Gladwin makes sense, and it ensures that we are represented fairly and that our voice will be heard in Washington.
You have an opportunity to fight this injustice to our community. Make your voice heard by adding your name to this petition! Tell the Redistricting Commission that they are diluting the voices of both Midland and Flint by combining us into one congressional district.
Additional Information:
Midland, Gladwin region awarded $54M to aid in flood recovery, mitigation (detroitnews.com)
Commissioners: Gladwin and Midland deserve unified representation (ourmidland.com)
Letter to editor: Dems put politics over community (ourmidland.com)
Redistricting commission is 'not so independent' (ourmidland.com)
Visit the MICRC Public Comment Portal at: https://www.michigan-mapping.org/
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
December 15, 2021
December 13, 2021
We are approaching 500 signatures and need a final push to force the commission to acknowledge our community of interest. Post this link to your Facebook page and text three friends who live in our district right now.
December 13, 2021
The momentum behind our push to keep Midland and Gladwin together is growing fast. Now is the time to turn that energy into action so post this link to your Facebook page and text three friends who live in our district. Email your representative today and tell them why our community must remain whole.
December 11, 2021
We just hit 100 signatures to keep Midland and Gladwin together. Post the link to your Facebook page right now and text three friends who live in our district to add their names.
Reached 100 supporters
December 10, 2021
215 Comments
Please listen too ALL of the voices in our community of interest; not just the 5 people who continuously lobbied the Commission to carve out the City of Midland. Midland should be kept whole and connected to Gladwin.
I am the Village of Sanford President who is helping to rebuild the Village after the floods. It's important to keep Midland County with Gladwin and to keep the City of Midland in Midland County. Thanks!! Dolores
City of Midland and Midland County must obviously work together to achieve common goals. Midland and Gladwin Counties share a border-and common goals (the flood!). Flint is more big city-metropolitan; we have more rural issues that need to be addressed. This would benefit no one.
I work with the Midland Conservation District and their conservation partners and local government officials. Tearing apart Midland County from our watershed counties to the north would would make managing our natural resources more difficult.
With legacy family ties firmly within Midland & Gladwin counties, retaining the district to be inclusive of counties and holistically respecting defined county lines within a district is both consistent with history and makes sense culturally to better represent citizens of the district.
There are absolutely no GOOD reasons to separate the city of Midland from Midland Country!! It should remain as it has been for many years, especially at this time with the situation of the upstream dams in flux.
I was 7 or 8 yrs old when I was put in Green Chimneys, This was in the early 70's. I was raped twice once by a student,And once by a grown man. And Molested several times by a large man,he tracked me like a wild animal, he'd corner me in a room and molest me only because he was to big to rape me, he tried .The second perpetrator was a pro,This took place in the barn,he gained my trust by playing with me then he led me to the loft and raped me. I've lived in fear my whole life, and have PTSD because of this. Diagnosed twice by certified psychiatrist. And there was so much more neglect and uncaring insodences by adults and children. This has been so hard to write ✍ but there it is. Cristin Betts Minton,now age 58.
Please keep the city of midland with the counties stated here. They make sense. Flint does not.
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Please listen too ALL of the voices in our community of interest; not just the 5 people who continuously lobbied the Commission to carve out the City of Midland. Midland should be kept whole and connected to Gladwin.