In Arizona, a link describing the aftershocks of the so-called “compromise plan” which takes a red state majority and flips it to Democratic majority status. These compromise lines in a state where Democrats fail to occupy any statewide office, Senate office and Republicans maintain veto-proof red margins in the state legislature. Gov. Jan Brewer criticized a proposed redistricting map that virtually guarantees at least four of the state’s nine congressional districts will be represented by her fellow Republicans and makes three others competitive. “It’s like thievery,” Brewer said “It’s absolutely egregious as far as I’m concerned,” she said of the maps adopted Monday night by the Independent Redistricting Commission. ….Brewer suggested, though, that her objections may go beyond simply voicing her concerns. The law empowers the governor to recommend the Senate remove any member of the commission who is not doing her or his job. And Mathis has come under fire from Republicans who charge she sides too much with the Democrats. The governor wouldn’t say on Wednesday whether she intends to exercise that option. “But, obviously, someone is not doing their job,” she said.…Colleen Mathis, the registered independent who chairs the panel, defended the plan. “It’s a compromise map,” she told the Arizona Republic. “Allegations have been rampant throughout the redistricting process that the IRC has violated the law, from its refusal to cooperate with a state investigation, to its disregard of procurement procedures and Arizona’s Open Meeting Law,” Governor Brewer said. “I’ve held my tongue, waiting for the results of the Arizona Attorney General’s investigation and hoping the IRC would put forward a fair proposal consistent with the requirements set forth in the Arizona Constitution. This map dashes those hopes, and I’ll be silent no longer. Arizona voters are owed a redistricting process that is lawful and transparent. The Arizona Constitution mandates that IRC members conduct redistricting ‘in an honest, independent and impartial fashion, upholding public confidence in the integrity of the redistricting process.’ Based on this proposal and the IRC’s prior behavior, it seems clear the commission is bent on awarding to the Democratic Party control of congressional districts that it could not win on Election Day. This is nothing less than neglect of duty and gross misconduct.”
However, observers are pointing to comments from political experts on the partisan tilt leftwards and the long-reaching ramifications of this map: “National political analyst Stuart Rothenberg, author of the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report, said the proposed congressional map has “significant partisan implications,” and “really helps Democrats and screws Republicans.”
Based on the statements below from Gov. Brewer, repeated missteps of the independent redistricting commission have raised questions of neglect of duty and gross misconduct:
Brewer describes AZ redistricting map as “thievery” and alleges Commission of gross misconduct and neglect of duties
In Arizona, a link describing the aftershocks of the so-called “compromise plan” which takes a red state majority and flips it to Democratic majority status. These compromise lines in a state where Democrats fail to occupy any statewide office, Senate office and Republicans maintain veto-proof red margins in the state legislature.
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