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Editor;

Whenever I’m told to vote for something more “fair,” I have to wonder, “How do YOU define fair?”

Currently our Le-Win school board requires mandatory representation, which means all members can’t be elected from one neighborhood, ensuring rural citizens and smaller towns have representation as well.

Let’s imagine that Stephenson County made the same proposition – eliminate mandatory representation of districts. This would mean that, due to higher population, Freeport could essentially make every decision for Stephenson County. On a state level this would be like allowing all Representa...