I was forwarded an op-ed from the Arizona Republic by Ruben Gallego that was a response to a piece by Andy Tobin about the redistricting process. Yes, folks, Tobin and his friends are still complaining. For those that need a rundown, redistricting in Arizona is done by a independent panel appointed by both the Democratic [...]
Monday, Speaker Andy Tobin announced that he isn’t going to run for congress. In his press release he talked about work that he’s left undone. Yeah, that’s exactly what the rest of us were afraid of. The budget got signed yesterday has already generated the threat of a lawsuit. It turns out that $50 million [...]
The Justice Department has “precleared” Arizona’s legislative maps. This puts me in district 9, but kinda-still-the-chair of 28, a district club that no longer exists. I’m the Arizona politics equivalent of a Hapsburg.
Word is making it through the transom that the congressional district lines, much to the relief of dozens of aspirants, have been “pre-cleared” by the Justice Department. Still not totally confirmed, but not the sort of speculation that would get me canned from the Citizen. The legislative district lines will take a bit longer as [...]
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
At the height of the Republican pity party over redistricting, I asked how many districts for the Republicans would be fair. That’s because despite the hollering and blubbering about “unfairness,” they did pretty well: fifteen or sixteen Republican legislative districts depending on how one chooses to measure such things. For the math challenged among you [...]
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
La Cervecera has spoken: no special session on ditching the Independent Redistricting Committee. The press release is after the jump, but here are two things attracted my notice: – “Perhaps the most difficult part of being a leader is telling people what they don’t want to hear.” Oh God, scorpions for breakfast again! St. Jan [...]
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Talk up among the Railbirds is that La Cervecera is looking for votes for what I’ve called the “Antenori Plan”: a referendum, conveniently timed to coincide with the Republican presidential primary, to rid our state of the constitutional language that created the fascist/communist/cubist Independent Redistricting Committee and end its horrible crime against Ben Quayle. A [...]
Friday, November 25, 2011
Vic Williams pulled a Baja Arizona version of a full Ginsburg this week: he got the same op-ed published in three places: the Green Valley News, Northwest Explorer and Sonoran Alliance. He is trying a new tack: pretending like the last redistricting, back in 2001, was perfectly well ordered, clean and fair. This is a [...]
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
It’s looking like Jan Brewer might not push for a repeal of the constitutional language that created the IRC a fact that is not making her nominal allies on West Washington happy. Here is what the Capitol Times says: A top Senate Republican staffer says Gov. Jan Brewer broke a commitment that she would call [...]
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
The Supreme Court has told Jan Brewer that they will not tell the IRC to stop working while she figures out what she wants to do next. Oh well.
