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OCR: charter": McNei1 T City of Springfieid, Il!. 658 F.Supp 1015 120 (C.D.II]. 1987) (striking down at-large elections for city commission even though each commissioner specific executive office' Bolden City Mobile ATO 542 F.Supp. 1050 S.D. AA 1982) (invalidating at-large elections for the city commissioners Of Mobile) Adoption of the argument would have other serious negative consequenres for minority political par- ticipation. Discrimination prone jurisdictions would be abolish their legislative bodies elected from districts, and consolidate all legislative and execu- tive power in the hands of a single at-large elected execu- tive official. In that way bloc voting majority dominate the election af all the county legislative and executive positions Thortburg Gingles, supra 478 U.S. at (where ...