Some say the world will end in fire; some say it will end in ice. Others say the new city-charter effort will fizzle away for causes utterly unrelated to its objective of making the city run better.There was, for instance, that disruptive proposed bill of rights. No, I don’t want to get into that one again. It isn’t officially dead, but the current consensus seems willing to let the federal Bill of Rights go on protecting our personal liberties. Minus a local facsimile.Now there’s the sudden and heated redistricting skirmish on voter representation, which still hasn’t been scheduled for further airing in front of the Elected Commission.The timing could not be much worse. We are 12 weeks away from the absolute deadline for a new charter proposal, yet over the past four months, the Elected Commission hasn’t drifted any closer to consensus on any major issue.