Only 1 Redistricter From North Idaho

Item: Eye On Boise: North Idaho representation on redistricting panel down /Betsy Russell

More Info: Idaho’s bipartisan citizen redistricting commission is gearing up to draw new legislative and congressional district lines, and this time around there’ll be just one North Idaho member: businesswoman Lorna Finman, of Rathdrum, a GOP appointee. Ten years ago, both the Democrats and the Republicans appointed Panhandle representatives – Democrat Ray Givens and Republican Dean Haagenson – and they ended up having substantial influence on the result, which must include at least one commissioner voting with members of the other party to get a four-vote majority on the six-member commission.

Question: Does it matter to you whether North Idaho has decent representation on the committee that will draw the new legislative boundaries?