"What you are doing is evil. Leave my office," Crabb said (Texas)

[donsu]

http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/borderland/20030830-15269.shtml

Stint as House committee clerk disillusions student

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An assistant clerk for the House Redistricting Committee recently wrote an interesting letter to Chairman Joe Crabb, R-Atascocita, and members after she quit.

Lauren Kasprzak had a front-row seat as assistant clerk of Crabb's redistricting committee in addition to a perspective from the backroom where much of the real politics plays out.

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"The process that we went through during the regular session was a joke," she said in the letter. "The public was excluded in any real decision calculus of the committee. Sure, we held public hearings... on a plan that we never intended to go to the floor.

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But a meeting this week in his Capitol office didn't go very well. Crabb interrupted before any question about the letter and other observations by his former employee.

"What you are doing is evil. Leave my office," Crabb, an ordained minister, said while booting this reporter into the Capitol corridor.
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thank you Lauren for speaking out.

faux christians yell EVIL to hide behind

(like yelling and hiding behind anti-semite)

[Catherine Vincent]

1. He needs to take a look in the mirror.

Evil butthole!

[Changenow]

2. It gets worse.

The Democrat who came back and thought he could work with them had a rude awakening.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2083118

[donsu]

3. white feather

read an article today (forget where) about people sending Whitmire a white feather - a sign of cowardice.

Sen. John Whitmire (Texas. Dist. 15)
803 Yale St.
Houston, Tx 77007


he gets my white paper feather

[Brotherjohn]

6. I don't begrudge Whitmire for returning.

How long were they expected to stay in exile? They made their point (forcefully, shockingly, and twice over extended time periods). The Repubs didn't back down. They cannot live in another state forever. That is just not being practical, and I think Whitmire saw the reality of this.

It may not work, but I think he is trying to bring out the worst in the Repubs to make them look bad. Imagine if they have to arrest him and physically drag him to the State House to vote on their redistricting plan. The Texas Repubs could well end up looking like the SS before this is over.

[JanMichael]

4. Who on earth would be surprised by that?

Goes back expecting civil treatment from boarderline Fascists? Not exactly the sharpest of the crayons if you ask me.

[bpilgrim]

5. can they use the money the people donated to gain access?

didn't moveon rustle up a million or more?

:shrug:

peace