Jun 30
I don’t understand this map. Neither do you.
A federal panel is giving the redistricting battle two more weeks before U.S. District Judge John Ward cuts the baby in half. And that is one ugly baby. Proposed changes on both sides must be submitted by July 14, and oral arguments are scheduled for August 3. The 23rd Congressional District, which has tentacles reaching into San Antonio to Laredo to El Paso to San Salvador, has been tossed out.
The new map has to be redrawn by the November elections. Governor Rick Perry said that he would rather have the Lege make redistricting decisions but that he would wait for the court’s decision, which means he’s totally calling a special session. Maybe that’s why Patrick Rose was getting all buff. “To play a lot of what-ifs is not great,” Perry said. “I mean, what if that doesn’t work out?”
The Supremes, while upholding most of the 2003 map, declared the district ‘unconstitutional’ and ‘irrelevant,’ mostly because it’s home to 100,000 Hispanics.
“We want to be sure that Latino voters have a voice in congressional elections in this state,” said Nina Perales of the Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund. “They want as much of a chance as anyone else to vote against Chris Bell.”
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Gov. Rick Perry said he prefers the Legislature make redistricting decisions.
“However,” he added, “we’re all very tired from the previous special sessions so screw it. We’ll let the court decide.”
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I was so close to being the first comment!
The Lege couldn’t handle making a decent turkey sandwich, let alone going through redistricting again.
http://www.inthepinktexas.com
Why don’t they just carve out Ft. Worth?
Why do you hate Chris Bell?
Re: 4. slickshusez
He even wears Pink wristbands. Still … he gets no love on ITPT.
Re: 5. Marie
Nobody gets any love on ITPT.
/ Well not nobody…
Nobody except Mark Warner.
I expdected the Supremes to mandate that Gene Green be executed to get a Hispanic candidate elected to that seat.
Re: 7. Don’t Mess w/ Pink
And Patrick Rose.
http://www.inthepinktexas.com
Re: 4. slickshusez
I don’t hate Chris Bell. But sometimes, you just gotta be cruel to be kind.
(in the right measure)
Re: 10. Pink Lady
that song is going to be stuck in my head all weekend. damn you.
Re: 10. Pink Lady
True, but the primary beneficiary of the “cruel to be kind” theory is the chief guardian of the status quo and landed gentry, Rick Perry.
Have a wonderful vacation, PL.
Nick Lowe slept on Elvis Costello’s couch he was so broke, and that was when they were both skinny and really talented. With all due respect to someone who’s posts are very good, cruel to be kind, the song, belongs to the peasants, not Rick. Viva la revolucion! Well, maybe next time…for now, happy fireworks!
I have this terrible habit of editing after I hit submit…I know it should read whose, not who’s. It’s blog dyslexia or something. Happy weekend, Happy Birthday America! (yeah, I was thinking of Colbert when I wrote that. Too funny.)
Who is this Mark Warner fellow that everyone talks about?
http://www.inthepinktexas.com
Re: 15. Jesus B. Ochoa
For shame.
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True, but the primary beneficiary of the “cruel to be kind” theory is the chief guardian of the status quo and landed gentry, Rick Perry.