Stealing the idea straight from my friend, Waldo, here are a few links that caught my eye today:
- Documents reveal efforts to control Goochland’s ex-treasurer. “As a constitutionally elected county officer, Grubbs answered to voters, not auditors, and was virtually untouchable — barring criminal conduct.” And the General Assembly, so far, refuses to correct this.
- HRT was ill-prepared to take on light rail, new chief says. Ya think? My tipoff: the cost overruns.
- First eagle egg hatches at Norfolk Botanical Garden. Despite the fact this is just outside my back door, I rarely get a chance to see the babies. Something to do with tax season
- Va. House delegation protects itself. Color me surprised – NOT! The fight for fair redistricting – with the elimination of incumbent protection – has been lost for this cycle. But the fight for the next redistricting – in 2021 – should begin now. We might just be successful.
Not that this would ever happen, but just out of curiosity, can redistricting happen more than once every ten years?
It would be interesting if by some freak phenomenon legislators grew a spine and created fair districts in an off year.
Posted by Max Shapiro | Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 10:03 amI believe it can. Texas did it in 2003.
Posted by Vivian J. Paige | Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 10:38 amKeep in mind that Texas only did it because there was a change of party control in the legislature, and the Republicans decided to gerrymander the Congressional delegation their way.
Posted by Randy Klear | Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 11:07 am