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Abeline Reporter piece on local race, redistricting

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Good read!

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My so-called friends pushed me into a fight I didn't want, didn't need, and one that was certainly not in my best interest. Sound familiar? Sounds to me like what our Republican leadership and our governor have done. None of us wanted redistricting. Our state Rep. Bob Hunter didn't want it. Our state Sen. Troy Fraser didn't want it. Even Taylor County Republican Party Chairman Paul Washburn said in the Sept. 19, 2003, Abilene Reporter-News that we should ''send a message to state leaders that Abilene-area residents oppose redistricting.''

Lubbock folks didn't want it either. U.S. Rep. Charlie Stenholm, D-Abilene, and Randy Neugebauer, R-Lubbock, wouldn't have picked this fight, but I guess our ''friends'' don't really care about what we want.

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http://www.reporter-news.com/abil/op_columns/article/0,1874,ABIL_7981_3242817,00.html

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Abeline Reporter piece on local race, redistricting [View All]