NYT Board Member Bent Out Of Shape On NY Redistricting

Eleanor Randolph

                                                                                                                    

 I just love it when one of these New York Times Editorial board members gets their panties tied up all in a knot over politics because you see their true colors come out.Especially when it come to the blame game as in the piece written this morning by NYT Editorial board member Eleanor Randolph entitled "Down to the Wire on Redistricting."
She begins her rant "It is crunch time for New York lawmakers, who are required to draw new maps for Congressional and legislative districts in time for the 2012 elections. The Congressional primaries are supposed to take place June 26, and as usual, the mapmakers are extremely late. It’s possible that they will release the Congressional maps, which have been drawn up in secret, this week since the Legislature is hoping to approve the new district lines by March 1."The inexcusable delay has prompted the federal courts to get into the act. A three-judge panel is expected to decide — maybe this week — whether a special master should take over the whole redistricting fiasco. That could be the best hope the public has for fairer election districts."
 As usual the far left at the NYT want to play politics and use the fairness crap of course favoring Democrats and RINO Republicans to keep their seats.Now federal courts have to get involved which the far left always loves to get invloved the courts.      
 She continues "Albany legislators in charge of redistricting first created their own districts — outrageously contorted maps designed to keep Republicans in power in the Senate and Democrats in the Assembly. They have not unveiled maps for 27 Congressional districts — down from 29 districts because New York has not added enough people compared with other states. When those maps come out there will be no public hearings."If these politically skewed districts are approved by the Legislature as expected, Gov. Andrew Cuomo should veto them. That would give a court-appointed special master a better chance to create independent maps that might actually allow for competition in political races."
 Wow from 29 Congressional districts down to 27 it seems New Yorkers are getting smarter by moving away the same happened in my home state of Massachusetts where the citizens of Massachusetts were tired apparently of the far left representation in the US House so the same thing in NY in Massachusetts it went from 10 Congressional districts down to 9.I do have to agree with Randolph on one thing there should be public hearings.But we all know well as Conservatives that the left leaning courts and legislators in NY will make sure that the incumbents are taken care of as usual this is politics.


Eleanor Randolph A member of The Times editorial staff since 1998 covers New York City and State, Media, Politics