Stumbo Edits Congressional Map Proposal - Even More Ridiculous
Greg Stumbo has edited his earlier ridiculously gerrymandered proposal to make it even worse. For example, instead of removing Jessamine County entirely from the 6th, he now only takes a sliver that runs all the way to the Fayette County border. He also attempts, I believe, to keep Sen. Damon Thayer in the 6th while placing the county and most of the district he represents in the 4th. I can't imagine that is a negotiable item for the Senator, who will run the redistricting process in the Senate.
Stumbo claims, and columnist Joe Gerth recently blindly repeated, that this proposal maintains greater "geographic integrity" by removing the tail from Western Kentucky's 1st district to Lincoln County, but, like most of the words that spill from Stumbo, this suggestion is laughable. If he were concerned about tails, he wouldn't have added them to the 4th into Nelson, the 5th into Pulaski and the 6th into Marion. Here's a link to the map and here's a picture:
In our earlier analysis, we described how unserious Stumbo actually is about this map:
Stumbo is digging in his heels to gerrymander a district for Chandler. In a recent analysis in the Courier-Journal, he practically resolves to throw it to the courts.
If the two chambers can't come to an agreement, Stumbo said the House could simply refuse to approve any plan and throw the issue into the courts.
He's off-base, and you should let him know. The legislature's in session. Call them! 1-800-372-7181.
