Is the re-redistricting rigged?
Surely this headline in tomorrow's Dallas Morning News is exaggerated:
GOP accused of trying to fix remap hearing. Here's the lede:
Some of the behind-the-scenes wrangling over redistricting spilled onto the stage Friday when Democrats accused Republicans of secretly trying to rig a Dallas hearing with manufactured text and planted speakers.State Democratic Party chairwoman Molly Beth Malcolm said an e-mail by Collin County GOP chairman Rick Neudorff sent to fellow Republicans was proof that legislative hearings on redistricting are "nothing but a sham."
The AP reports that some Democrats are trying to break up the "neck tie party" (my term; think of the old Westerns) by means of "voter protests, lawmaker walkouts and blistering accusations."
We can only hope that this movie turns out like they did when I was a kid: the guy on the big horse rides up and saves the damsel on the railroad tracks.