tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post750392435539683365..comments2023-11-03T06:35:48.003-05:00Comments on Shark and Shepherd: Overdramatization of RedistrictingRick Esenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-69994962719629461142011-07-18T08:45:56.170-05:002011-07-18T08:45:56.170-05:00"ewwww" needs to relax because Tea Parti..."ewwww" needs to relax because Tea Partiers are Repubs, Dems and independents who are conservative in the sense that they do not trust people in power and simply want a fair media voice in each district that will help transform goverment to do things better then in the past and then in any other country in the world. <br /><br />Wisconsin appears to be headed in the right direction if he needs a good example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-71608023559605560952011-07-15T22:40:50.112-05:002011-07-15T22:40:50.112-05:00---rabid teapartyist
ewwww, is 'e frothin at ...---rabid teapartyist<br /><br />ewwww, is 'e frothin at the mouf? Their soooo rare those teapartiests..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-16141991292132526972011-07-15T11:55:54.757-05:002011-07-15T11:55:54.757-05:00It would seem fair that each district has a major ...It would seem fair that each district has a major market with media outlets that are accessible to the people in the district. <br /><br />We fund internet access for remote areas to assure communication and should also assure each district of a media voice. <br /><br />This should be attainable if each are done by population.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-36162479247197558632011-07-15T10:47:46.098-05:002011-07-15T10:47:46.098-05:00My assembly and senate districts changed, too. We...My assembly and senate districts changed, too. We went from a moderate R in the assembly (if there is such a thing anymore) to a rabid teapartyist. He sure doesn't represent the folks in my part of the world. But maybe then we can toss the rascal out. He'll probably forget to sign his own nomination papers again. <br /><br />In the senate we went from a spineless R to one of the Fab 14, so that is a good thing. But it really protects Sen. Spineless-R Green Bay.swamper88noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-59696738232467973512011-07-15T08:47:39.191-05:002011-07-15T08:47:39.191-05:00My generally rural Assembly district now lies comp...My generally rural Assembly district now lies completely within Jefferson County. Today its borders are along township lines. From 10,000 feet, it looks like <a href="http://legis.wisconsin.gov/ltsb/redistricting/Maps/ad37.pdf" rel="nofollow">big green rectangles</a> within the county borders. I don't recall too much trouble with my previous Republican rep, whose working farm was just over the hill from mine. (I remember he once sponsored a bill that would've allowed billboard owners to improve visibility by clearing trees in the public right-of-way; I mused this would've allowed someone to chop down the impressive colonnade of century-old oaks that lined his the road along his farm.) My current Dem rep happily reflects the county as well. (He doesn't always vote the way I want, either.) His kids were showing cows at the Fair last week.<br /><br />Now the 37th is being sliced-and-diced into four other districts. I eagerly await the non-dramatized explanation of why there's a "community of interests" between the farms of Jefferson County and even eastern Dane County, and the cul-de-sacs of Stonebank and Chenequa, 35 miles away. <br /><br />I've looked at <a href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?services=14145756d3cf4c01a409e2288dc16021" rel="nofollow">the interactive map</a> for the Assembly districts, and it appears that within the largest cities here (Jefferson and Fort Atkinson) individual cul-de-sacs and perhaps even single homes have been gerrymandered into adjacent districts. I think those GOP redistricting lawyers must've had an overlay for their map that showed the location of campaign contributors.<br /><br />The census says the median family income in Chenequa is four times what it is in our county seat. I doubt you'll find a bottle of Echezeaux Grand Cru around here, no matter which year you're looking for.<br /><br />So, Professor, were you operating with "superficial information" or did the WisGOP give you something else the public didn't have? If so, do you think your testimony was ethically suspect? Were your opinions on a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHrZojxqZ8c&t=9m35s" rel="nofollow">"flimsy basis"</a>?Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.com