Redistricting Committee adopts plan to cut Travis in four

[Linda Wetherby]

SUX!!   The evil empire succeeds again.  Linda

Redistricting Committee adopts plan to cut Travis in four
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> > After about two hours of testimony, the Redistricting Committee adopted
> > a new substitute HB 3398 dividing Travis County among four Congressional
> > districts and turning Lloyd Doggett's District 10 into a 60% Republican
> > district stretching from Travis County to Harris County.
> >
> > The vote was 10 - 4. Democrats Raymond, Flores, Villareal and McClendon
> > voted no. Democrat Vilma Luna of Corpus Christi voted yes. Democrat Ron
> > Wilson of Houston was absent but has spoken in favor of this travesty
> > numerous times during the hearing.
> >
> > After adoption, Rep. Luna introduced an amendment that would keep trade
> > part of Hidalgo for part of Nueces county in order to create a Coastal
> > Bend Congressional district. The amendment passed with support from all
> > the Republicans. Rep. Luna was also one of the first Democrats to
> > support Republican Tom Craddick for Speaker.
> >
> > No other amendments were considered, the chairman saying that other
> > amendments could be offered on the House floor.
> >
> > The amended bill was passed by committee just before midnight leading
> > Richard Raymond to point out that it was reported in today's San Antonio
> > Express News that Tom DeLay said the substitute plan would pass the
> > committee tonight (it did) and that the full House would pass a bill
> > Friday or Saturday! Obviously, this is being scripted from elsewhere.
> >
> > The fight will next move to the House Calendars Committee. Among the
> > veteran Democrats on that committee is former committee chair Barry
> > Telford, who has been passionately defending Democrat Max Sandlin's
> > District One. Calendars Committee rules have changed markedly in this
> > Republican-controlled house; still, if anyone can slow this down it will
> > be Rep. Telford. The three other Democrats on the 11-member Calendars
> > Committee are Reps. Sylvester Turner (Houston), Jose Menendez (San
> > Antonio) and Vilma Luna (Corpus Christi). Of course, the last voted for
> > this horrible plan.
> >
> > This is a sad day, but the fight is far from over. Our last line of
> > defense is, of course, the Texas Senate. Let's make them fight for every
> > inch of dirt between here and there.
> >
> > Thank you e-mails to the offices of Reps. Raymond, McClendon, Villareal
> > and Flores would be in order; especially the first two, who have been
> > our outspoken champions.
> >
> > Follow these links to the members web pages to thank these
> > representatives...
> >
> > http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist36/flores.htm
> > http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist120/mcclendon.htm
> > http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist42/raymond.htm
> > http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist123/villarreal.htm
> >
> > ...and stay tuned!
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> > --
> > "It's one of the strangest things that all great military geniuses of
the
> world have talked about peace. The conquerors of old who came killing in
> pursuit of peace, Alexander, Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, and Napoleon were
> akin in seeking a peaceful world order...One day we must come to see that
> peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but that it is a means by
which
> we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful
> means."
> >
> >     Martin Luther King, Jr.
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