This is from today’s SA Express news on the latest on the redistricting mess:
A Texas House district in Houston and Lloyd Doggett‘s congressional district have emerged as the two main sticking points in negotiations to create a set of compromise redistricting maps for the 2012 election.
And:
Negotiations for a compromise Texas House map seem to have gotten stuck on one district east of Houston, currently represented by Rep. Ken Legler, R-Pasadena.
A proposed deal, worked out by the Latino Redistricting Task Force and (Texas AG Greg) Abbott, would make the seat a toss-up that becomes more Democratic as the area’s Latino population grows.
Other minority groups have complained that the deal is not enough, and Harris County Republicans have campaigned against additional compromise.
“They were more willing to relax on (changes to a San Antonio district) than (Legler’s district),” (LULAC attorney Luis) Vera said. “They’re not budging on (Legler) at all.” Here is the entire article.
Meanwhile, Txredistricting.org put this out yesterday:
Both (political) parties have said they would keep their state conventions on the second weekend of June, which means that a number of internal party rules- as well as parts of the Texas Election Code- would have to change to accommodate a primary that does not occur until shortly before the state convention.
And:
Chad Dunn, general counsel for the Texas Democratic Party, said his party likely would choose to forgo precinct conventions and move directly to senate district and county conventions. After the hearing, Steve Munisteri, chair of the Republican Party of Texas, told reporters that he would be discussing a similar arrangement with the State Republican Executive Committee.
Under the possible proposal outlined by Munisteri, district conventions would be held in April as scheduled but would be open to all comers who swear an oath that they are a Republican. At the district convention, attendees would break into precinct caucuses and elect delegates to the state convention in June, where, in turn, national delegates would be selected.
That means that Commentary’s longtime streak of attending consecutive precinct conventions will come to a screeching halt. I wonder if the Lone Star State Dem Party or the local Dem Party will let me petition them to see if we can have quickie precinct convention on May 29 just so I can keep my streak alive.
If we skip the precinct conventions and go straight to the county/senatorial conventions, don’t expect a lot of folks to show up. How are folks going to be notified? What a mess.
MLB Hall of Fame great Gary Carter left us yesterday at the age of 57. Back in 2002, I had the opportunity to go to a ‘Stros game in Montreal. It was a Sunday afternoon and they were honoring former Expo Carter and handing out Gary Carter Bobbleheads. I got there too late to snag one. During the 1986 NLCS between the ‘Stros and the Mets that the Mets won in six, Carter started all six games for the Mets behind the plate. What was Carter’s key contribution to the 1986 NLCS?
Now the Texas Rangers are asking for a Special Prosecutor to help investigate the Harris County DA’s office. This is definitely going to hurt her in the GOP Primary. Check out the Chron article here.
Yesterday’s Chron Op-Ed by my pal Bill King started out like this:
Memo to Republicans: There are not enough old, angry white people to win a national election.
Apparently Republicans are unaware of a new science called demographics that has been developed over the last several decades.
It is a good piece by Bill so check it out here.
Gary Carter hit a game winning RBI single of course off of Charley Kerfeld in the bottom of the 12th in Shea Stadium to give the Mets a 2-1 win and a 3-2 game lead in the NLCS.
A few years ago, My Best Friend, his son Matt, and I went to San Luis’ new crib to check out the ‘Stros play there. We both commented about the sea of red in the stands. We will never see a sea of anything at The Yard. A handful of fans wear the old Colt 45 gear. Some wear the rainbow stuff. Some wear the orange. Some wear the blue and orange. Some wear the blue and gold of the 90s and some wear the brick red. The new owner is thinking about getting new uniforms. I don’t know about that. I don’t have any more room on my ‘Stros gear rack.
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