WHO does it involve? Tarrant County, who else.
Some don't want to take the time for a special session. Isn't that their job? Aren't their constituents worth the time? Don't answer that...
How is it that when someone says something about the President, they are racist, but when someone wants to "divide and conquer" one race or another in redistricting they are called a politician?
Read about the drama in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
"There's no doubt that the minority community is divided and conquered," Veasey said.
Veasey said the shift would place most of his African-American and Hispanic constituents in a largely rural and predominantly Anglo district, where they would have no opportunity to influence the outcome of elections.
"I feel we're put in the basement and shut off," said Veasey, the only African-American in the Tarrant County House delegation.
Veasey and Davis have contended that the new plan violates the federal Voting Rights Act, but Solomons defended it.
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