I moved to Salt Lake City in 1998 and have lived in the same house for 20 years now. However, thanks to the blatant gerrymandering of our one-party Legislature, I have now lived in three congressional districts and may live in a fourth one after the 2020 census if we don't rein in this bare-faced grip on power.
Congressional districts are intended to have roughly the same population and residents who share common interests. But Salt Lake County is split into three congressional districts that also encompass large rural districts. Do farmers and city folk have common interests?
Proposition 4 is needed just as much today as it was when President Ronald Reagan endorsed a nonpartisan redistricting commission.
Kermit Heid, Salt Lake City