
Today’s Commentary: Dan Schnur: Redistricting Reform Urged by Bi-Partisan Citizen’s Coalition
[While this column space is usually devoted to FR Publisher Jon Fleischman’s Daily Commentary, today we are pleased to present commentary by FR’s State Capitol Correspondent Dan Schnur.]
Redistricting Reform Urged by Bi-Partisan Citizen’s Coalition by Dan Schnur
What do respected conservatives like Bill Leonard, Jon Coupal, and Jim Brulte have in common with Leon Panetta, Fred Keeley, and the head of the League of Women Voters?
Answer: they all agree that letting legislators draw their own districts is like letting third-graders decide how much ice cream they can have for dessert.
To be fair, none of the individuals listed above actually compared the members of the California Legislature to elementary school students, Neither did the eighty-plus of their fellow political, business, labor, academic, and community leaders who signed a letter this week from the Voices of Reform… Read More