Redistricting Should Go Beyond The Politics Of Drawing The Lines For Party Gain
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
I suppose as a registered Non-Partisan I see the details for reapportionment differently, thinking in terms of believing that rural Nevada voters should have the opportunity to have voting districts of proportional size to allow their elected representative to actually get to all far-flung parts of the territory in a meaningful way.
From a national perspective , Nevada is one of the states in the “cool group” adding a Congressional seat and being recognized for its growing population base.
Closer to home, media accounts are starting the handicapping process of sorting through the possible ways the new population numbers could factor for this or that scenario.
Beyond the normal reporting you would get from a newspaper that apparently has some type of vested interests in having a legislature made up of members who rabidly will support tax increases, government growth and a nanny-state approach to taking care of everything – analysis and details of what the legislative district lines really come down are more probable from review of this type of information . No wonder the Senate Majority Leader would remark…
Additional post-election details emerge to further show how the lines drawn 10 years ago, in the last redistricting process, got those today to the place they believe they deserve to have going forward in the next decade.
Although those wielding the insider’s power wand want to continue their elitist approach to getting for themselves what they can, citizens need to stand up and make their case for obtaining the opportunity for elected representation they deserve. This extends well-beyond the so called “one-man…one-vote” concept that has been twisted (as many once logical principles have been) to a manipulated system where the pols seem to think they have obtained the right to set themselves and their buddies up for decades at a time.
When it comes to growing Nevada’s government, the one place where support for a bigger something actually should go forward, increasing the number of legislators who represent Nevada citizens is appropriate. Rural Nevada requires the ability of its representatives to be able to cover their districts and meet with their constituents.
It’s understood that the population base of Southern Nevada should have a majority of representatives, but that can be achieved without icing the rest of the citizens of Nevada out of their opportunities.
After the pay for access game plan we saw during the past election and now the posturing for setting up the district lines for representative districts, it’s apparent that some of the leadership of the majority party believe that the machine-politics of places like Chicago have a place in Nevada’s future. We disagree and suggest that a straightforward approach to get equitable representation in Carson City and Washington, D.C. would be a better way to go.
I suppose as a registered Non-Partisan I see the details for reapportionment differently, thinking in terms of believing that rural Nevada voters should have the opportunity to have voting districts of proportional size to allow their elected representative to actually get to all far-flung parts of the territory in a meaningful way.
From a national perspective , Nevada is one of the states in the “cool group” adding a Congressional seat and being recognized for its growing population base.
Closer to home, media accounts are starting the handicapping process of sorting through the possible ways the new population numbers could factor for this or that scenario.
Beyond the normal reporting you would get from a newspaper that apparently has some type of vested interests in having a legislature made up of members who rabidly will support tax increases, government growth and a nanny-state approach to taking care of everything – analysis and details of what the legislative district lines really come down are more probable from review of this type of information . No wonder the Senate Majority Leader would remark…
The budget, Horsford said, “directly affects people. Redistricting is a political process the average voter couldn’t care less about. The process should be fair and reflect the state’s population and the diversity of our state, but it should not be tied to budget decisions.”
Additional post-election details emerge to further show how the lines drawn 10 years ago, in the last redistricting process, got those today to the place they believe they deserve to have going forward in the next decade.
Although those wielding the insider’s power wand want to continue their elitist approach to getting for themselves what they can, citizens need to stand up and make their case for obtaining the opportunity for elected representation they deserve. This extends well-beyond the so called “one-man…one-vote” concept that has been twisted (as many once logical principles have been) to a manipulated system where the pols seem to think they have obtained the right to set themselves and their buddies up for decades at a time.
When it comes to growing Nevada’s government, the one place where support for a bigger something actually should go forward, increasing the number of legislators who represent Nevada citizens is appropriate. Rural Nevada requires the ability of its representatives to be able to cover their districts and meet with their constituents.
It’s understood that the population base of Southern Nevada should have a majority of representatives, but that can be achieved without icing the rest of the citizens of Nevada out of their opportunities.
After the pay for access game plan we saw during the past election and now the posturing for setting up the district lines for representative districts, it’s apparent that some of the leadership of the majority party believe that the machine-politics of places like Chicago have a place in Nevada’s future. We disagree and suggest that a straightforward approach to get equitable representation in Carson City and Washington, D.C. would be a better way to go.
Posted by Doug Busselman at 12/22/2010 6:11 AM 
Categories: 2011 Nevada Legislature
Tags: Nevada Redistricting Legislative Representation Congression Seats 2011 Nevada Legislature
Categories: 2011 Nevada Legislature
Tags: Nevada Redistricting Legislative Representation Congression Seats 2011 Nevada Legislature
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