Oh Doctor! Just when it looked like the Gerrymander Railroad was rolling, SD Taxpayers’ CEO Lani Lutar waved a Red Flag tonight and redirected it onto a siding. Rostra’s correspondent on scene reports the draft computer contract debated earlier has been withdrawn and that whole process will be restarted. Our witnesses say the Labor & Liberal leadership on hand were in a state of shock afterwards. The Clark Kent of this caper, live wire Adrian Florido of the Voice of SD has the scoop here.
………….History on SD Redistricting and How we Got Here
In 1992 San Diego voters approved a Redistricting Commission, hoping to take the politics out of the once-a-decade remapping. That worked well the first time round in 2000, creating several competitive city council districts, which often changed hands over the past 10 years. But the current Commission has suffered one embarrassment after another, facing charges of political bias, insider alliances and puzzling personnel decisions.
With the critics now fully organized, and civic groups engaged, the momentum to reach a pre-determined political destination just encountered a jarring emergency STOP.
A tip of the Rostra hat to Lani Lutar and the Board of the SD County Taxpayers Association for taking the tough stand, and forcing a long second look at this comedy of errors.
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