(1) Congressional redistricting is still a possibility this legislative session. (2) Reapportionment Director commended by state Senate after all.
I did a 1-31-05 post entitled in part "Kudos to someone who has served the State of Georgia with honor & distinction. - Reapportionment Office Director Linda Meggers."
The post noted that rather than my friend Linda Meggers having retired as I had assumed and written in my post of the previous day praising her and her service to Georgia, the Czar and his Hawks running the Capitol had fired her.
The 1-31-05 post quoted from the 01-31-05 PI as follows:
"Meggers' ouster and the resulting turmoil won't make it impossible to take up congressional redistricting this session.
"But it will make it harder."
My 1-31-05 post also reported that the Senate resolution commending Linda Meggers was is in the "Senate Hopper, and being that the Philistines had fired her rather than her having retired, this might be as far as it got in the Senate chambers.
Some good news was came with the 2-1-05 PI reporting that Ms. Meggers was commended by the Senate after all. It reported in part:
"Conclusive proof that many politicians are bipolar: She's fired by legislators one day, honored by them the next
"Republicans were ready to bury Linda Meggers, not to praise her.
"On Friday, GOP leaders sacked the woman who for decades was in charge of drawing political boundaries at the direction of a Democrat-controlled Legislature.
"On Monday, Senate Democrats offered up a resolution to celebrate 'this always humorous and often ironic individual' for her service to the state.
"But Republicans still haven't gotten over the way Democrats treated them in the last round of redistricting in 2002."
"Democrats defended Meggers as an employee who merely did what she was told . . . And they declared that Republicans, who gained complete control of the state Capitol last year, were showing a lack of grace in victory.
"'That was mean-spirited. There was no call for that,' said Sen. Tim Golden, a Valdosta Democrat who sponsored the resolution and was once chairman of the Senate redistricting committee.
"Many Republicans agreed. Or didn't think it was smart to dump on the newly unemployed. The measure passed, 36-14."
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Today's PI brings us up to date on the status of congressional redistricting:
"The state's GOP leadership is apparently involved in an intense debate over whether to tackle the re-drawing of Georgia's congressional districts. Richardson spoke of the split within the Legislature, and said a final decision will be made early next week."
Stay tuned. Things could get very interesting here.
And one thing I will guarantee you (I won't tell you to take it to the bank as I did in saying Dean would not get to be DNC chairman):
They shore are gonna wish Linda Meggers was there if the GOP does decide to go forward with redistricting. As noted above and in my earlier posts, she always did as she was instructed to do -- whether by Democrat or Republican -- and there was no one better at what she did.
The post noted that rather than my friend Linda Meggers having retired as I had assumed and written in my post of the previous day praising her and her service to Georgia, the Czar and his Hawks running the Capitol had fired her.
The 1-31-05 post quoted from the 01-31-05 PI as follows:
"Meggers' ouster and the resulting turmoil won't make it impossible to take up congressional redistricting this session.
"But it will make it harder."
My 1-31-05 post also reported that the Senate resolution commending Linda Meggers was is in the "Senate Hopper, and being that the Philistines had fired her rather than her having retired, this might be as far as it got in the Senate chambers.
Some good news was came with the 2-1-05 PI reporting that Ms. Meggers was commended by the Senate after all. It reported in part:
"Conclusive proof that many politicians are bipolar: She's fired by legislators one day, honored by them the next
"Republicans were ready to bury Linda Meggers, not to praise her.
"On Friday, GOP leaders sacked the woman who for decades was in charge of drawing political boundaries at the direction of a Democrat-controlled Legislature.
"On Monday, Senate Democrats offered up a resolution to celebrate 'this always humorous and often ironic individual' for her service to the state.
"But Republicans still haven't gotten over the way Democrats treated them in the last round of redistricting in 2002."
"Democrats defended Meggers as an employee who merely did what she was told . . . And they declared that Republicans, who gained complete control of the state Capitol last year, were showing a lack of grace in victory.
"'That was mean-spirited. There was no call for that,' said Sen. Tim Golden, a Valdosta Democrat who sponsored the resolution and was once chairman of the Senate redistricting committee.
"Many Republicans agreed. Or didn't think it was smart to dump on the newly unemployed. The measure passed, 36-14."
_______________
Today's PI brings us up to date on the status of congressional redistricting:
"The state's GOP leadership is apparently involved in an intense debate over whether to tackle the re-drawing of Georgia's congressional districts. Richardson spoke of the split within the Legislature, and said a final decision will be made early next week."
Stay tuned. Things could get very interesting here.
And one thing I will guarantee you (I won't tell you to take it to the bank as I did in saying Dean would not get to be DNC chairman):
They shore are gonna wish Linda Meggers was there if the GOP does decide to go forward with redistricting. As noted above and in my earlier posts, she always did as she was instructed to do -- whether by Democrat or Republican -- and there was no one better at what she did.
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