King Fabian Declares that Insiders Shall Draw Legislative Lines
Today we all are treated to the next chapter of "Tales of Incredible Hubris, Starring Fabian Nunez" — as the Speaker introduces his version of redistricting "reform" in the form of Assembly Constitutional Amendment One. You’ll never guess who would have 100% authority to draw the boundaries for State and Federal legislative, as well as Board of Equalization districts? Care to take a guess? POLITICAL INSIDERS. That’s right — in a blatent rejection of the idea that a fair drawing of districts requires constituting a group of folks who are not beholdin’ to the Sacramento and Washington, D.C., power structures — Nunez has said that the members of the California "Little Hoover" Commission (LHC) should draw the lines, minus it’s legislative members. Is this wasn’t such a serious matter, I would really be laughing at this proposal. Just a consideration of the way that the LHC is constituted should be a clear billboard reading CONFLICT. Nunez calls for the nine… Read More