Daily Archives: July 29, 2003

Just an observation

Posted on July 29, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve heard it said many times that the Congressional redistricting performed by the Texas Lege in 1991 was a masterful job of gerrymandering by the Democrats. After the 1992 election, the first one held following that session, the Texas Congressional … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Redistricting passes House

Posted on July 29, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

According to Byron, the State House has apparently managed to scrape up a quorum, and almost immediately afterwards passed redistricting bill HB1 (2) by a 75-26 margin, with one member voting “present”. I suppose this has to be the same … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Those wacky librarians

Posted on July 29, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

And now for a short break from the re-redistricting follies to catch up on some other wacky zealotry, this time up in Montgomery County, which is north of Houston. Some of you may recall the efforts of a group called … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Morning roundup

Posted on July 29, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

As everyone knows by now, the “Texas 11” Democratic State Senators are holed up in Albuquerque, thus denying the Senate a quorum and scuttling (for now) the second special session which was called yesterday afternoon, immediately after the first session … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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