In its most recent legal argument, the city has filed a report written by the expert hired during the summer to redraw the maps.
“When the Court rules, there’s generally a clear loser and a clear winner. And I think that certainly the citizenry might be better served if an agreement can be reached,” the judge said.
He then provided this example: “In fact, I regularly considered and described the riverfront region and the greater Argyle Forest area as urban areas. Neither area is even close to majority-Black. Similarly, the Riverside Historic District is clearly urban and not even close to majority-Black.” He also takes issue with the data used by the plaintiffs which relied more on information from Miami-Dade and the City of Miami than Jacksonville.
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