The Selma City Council is torn between choosing a district map the community supports or picking one that keeps members from running against each other. At Monday night’s regular meeting, the council cast votes on a map created by the company it hired, the National Demographics Corporation (or NDC), and a map drawn by a community member. The vote was split because Council Member Jim Avalos abstained. “I need more time to talk to the public,” Avalos said. “I need more time to analyze these maps.” Mayor Pro Tem Louis Franco and Council Member John Trujillo both voted for the community map, which puts Avalos and Trujillo in separate districts and Mayor Scott Robertson, Council Member Sarah Guerra, and Franco in the same district. Roberston and Guerra both voted for one of the NDC maps. All three of the maps the NDC submitted put council members in different districts, even though they all live in two neighborhoods on the east side of town. Avalos and Trujillo live within a few blocks of
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