Comments on Advance Indiana™: Amos Is Right

Thanks - that's $290,000 that can go back into...

2009-09-01T09:28:00.907-05:00

Thanks - that's $290,000 that can go back into the Parks budget.

Sorry I didn't realize it during the initial Council budget hearing.

Art, I don't know what "professionals&quo...

2009-08-30T11:48:47.080-05:00

Art, I don't know what "professionals" you are talking about. Up until Abdul's assertion I hadn't heard people claiming they could redistrict before 2011. A friend of mine high up in the Marion County Republican Party told me they would have to run the election of 2011 using the old districts. Turns out he knew what he was talking about.

This is really great news but why have we heard fr...

2009-08-29T23:29:06.207-05:00

This is really great news but why have we heard from the professionals for a year that the GOP will redistrict the council before the 2011 election?? Are they that ignorant of the law?

Gary, I reviewed the relevant statutes you cited. ...

2009-08-29T20:33:20.107-05:00

Gary, I reviewed the relevant statutes you cited. It seems open and shut that they can't redistrict for the 2011 election. I assume they got bad legal advice from City Legal. Nothing surprising there.

Yes, why in the world does the Council, the Republ...

2009-08-29T20:01:33.015-05:00

Yes, why in the world does the Council, the Republicans, want to double the $290,000, on redistricting. They just throw around tax money. Thanks, Advance.

An unmentioned factor in the redistricting timelin...

2009-08-29T19:21:46.133-05:00

An unmentioned factor in the redistricting timeline is the time to be taken by the inevitable lawsuits. Whatever plan the GOP majority passes will undoubtedly be contested in the courts by the Democrats. Whatever that court decision, it is damn important and will be appealed with maximum legal firepower by the losing party. All this will take time and screw up any tight timetables.

It would be foolhardy to even contemplate sliding a hastily drawn redistricting scheme into immediate implementation and operation.

It should be remembered that the current districts were drawn by a non-partisan judicial panel precisely because of the contentious lawsuits and egregious gerrymandering. These "old" districts most likely are reasonably current and still usable.

Vox, Im not Gary, but I don't think there is ...

2009-08-29T19:06:04.063-05:00

Vox,

Im not Gary, but I don't think there is any doubt that the Ballard win was more of a Peterson loss than a Ballard victory. But it did present Ballard and the Republicans on the council with an opportunity that they thoroughly fumbled.

Does your gut tell you the Democrats stay in the m...

2009-08-29T16:37:28.989-05:00

Does your gut tell you the Democrats stay in the minority, or was the Ballard win more a Peterson loss and will the Dems take back the Mayor's office and council?