Saturday, the Citizen Redistricting Commission met in Claremont. While, they cancelled some parts of the public comment period. They did hear from former L.A. County Chair Linda Boyd, Lou Barnett and a couple others about the partisan path the Commission has embarked on.

Wait! How is that possible? The complicated initiative that formed the   commission was designed to limit the partisanship of the commission. As Morton Blackwell at the Leadership Institute would say, “Personnel is policy”.

Lou Barnett did a wonderful job outlining  the Democratic pedigree of the contract data center approved with no other bids.

But you don’t have to believe Lou, me or anyone else. Listen to Macdonald yourself. In January last year she was very clear about the commission. She said the commission is, “Just a different level of politics that are being introduced, that may not be as obvious not as overt, it’s still politics still a political process. It is about getting people elected". (At 13:20 is when she starts and at about 15 was this this gem.)

Now we know the Commission has decided to be partisan and go with the Democrats. Who are they trying to elect…. covertly?

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.