Whitmire says redistricting will be debated in Austin [View All]

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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory2/2081193


Whitmire says redistricting will be debated in Austin
By RACHEL GRAVES
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle
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John Whitmire had already spent weeks pacing the halls of the Albuquerque Marriott like a caged tiger when reality set in.

A federal court would likely rule against him and 10 other Texas state senators on the lam in New Mexico and the U.S. Justice Department would probably work against their attempts to stall a Republican redistricting effort, the Houston Democrat thought.

As the hotel walls grew more confining, the options of returning to Texas to deliberately get arrested or convincing 51 House members to take a 30-day out-of-state stint seemed increasingly remote.

Whitmire decided it was time to go home

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Actually it isn't over from what I hear
Its the reason Perry hasn't called the Third Session Yet!
Whitmire SOLD OUT! :bounce:

But I believe there are others that haven't!