Dems push redistricting panel

[Pryderi]

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11558772

Salt Lake Tribune
Updated:01/26/2009 06:38:47 PM MST

Salt Lake County Council Democrats are poised to push through their first campaign-promised policy goal: Create an independent commission to redraw council districts.

After delaying their decision for several weeks to woo GOP support, the new Democratic majority is expected to approve plans today for an eight-member panel that, after the 2010 Census, would rejigger voting districts for school board members and County Council seats.

The idea, according to Democrats, is to make redistricting nonpartisan.

But Republicans -- who rejected the proposal while serving as the majority party last year -- remain wary. They want to ensure that the council retains final authority over redistricting and that the commission itself doesn't become a partisan animal.

County GOP Chairman James Evans fears the commission would carry only the guise of independence.
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Personally, I say screw 'em! They lost! Elections have consequences.

Dems should do to the US what Tom DeLay and the repugs did in Texas!