On a tangential note, last I checked no one has ever been redistricted out of their city or county. Another distinction that I see between the two.

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Let-s-find-a-system-that-keeps-the-best-judges-on-4113182.php

I have a hard time finding their op-eds now, too. It’s hit and miss whether they appear on the op-ed pages or not.

So why the constant TeaBagger vulgarities? Is it possible you just don’t know the meaning of the term? If so, here you go: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=teabagging

I think vulgarities don’t demean the target so much as the person using the vulgarity. But maybe you disagree. It’s certainly your right to use whatever speech you’d like, but I suspect that maybe you just don’t realize the nature of the vulgarity you’ve been throwing around so cavalierly for so long.

I’m not surprised by the vulgarities from the Lesser Left, but it’s always a little jarring coming from you.

In banana republics, losers sometimes schedule themselves a do-over. We don’t need that practice here.

If it winds up costing the city money to respect the will of the voters, folks need look no further than Bill White, who tightened up the contract language when he thought the lege might try to take away his revenue stream. Sometimes, being a too-clever pol comes back to bite you. Or all Houston taxpayers, as the case may be.

That said, the skepticism of the gentleman who made the comments that just a few folks are on board can’t be discounted. The voting numbers are not there in election after election. I would have like to have seen a packed council chambers of Hispanic Houstonians demanding representation. I think the jury is still out.

What frustrated me most of all though last night was the absence of acknowledgment that politcal power for Hispanics in Houston must be a two way street. Yes–District lines must be fair. But also–People have to come out and vote. I heard a lot of talk last night about what other people should be doing.

Thanks for forum here. While I’m not Hispanic, my four-vowel surname has served the cause of increased Hispanic political power in Houston at least as defined by the census.

Because they like to offer “exclusive” Sunday content to print customers in the hopes that it will boost circulation.

The problem with this Sunday story is that it covered no real new ground from the stories Texas Watchdog has been doing online, for free, for weeks, nor did it acknowledge that TWIA is already undergoing reforms in part because of the Texas Watchdog reporting.

It was a really weak effort from the Chronicle. I doubt it did much to stop the ongoing decline in print circulation!

Regarding the above remark, sorry Marc. IMO, it appears that Sullivan got away with a racial tongue-in-cheek remark. I think Sullivan was referring to large number of African-Americans who live in the sections of Ft Bend that can vote in Houston elections.