Lawmakers were made to pledge secrecy over redistricting

[hue]

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/lawmakers-were-made-to-pledge-secrecy-over-redistricting-9643ep0-138826854.html

Public comments were to be ignored, GOP memo shows
Madison - legislative leaders secretly developed new election maps last year to strengthen their majority, Republican lawmakers were told to ignore public comments and instead focus on what was said in private strategy sessions, according to a GOP memo that became public Monday.

Other newly released documents also show almost all Republican lawmakers signed legal agreements promising not to discuss the new maps while they were being developed.

GOP lawmakers fought releasing these new documents and testifying about the maps in a pending court case but relented after a panel of three federal judges based in Milwaukee last month found they had filed frivolous motions in trying to shield the information from the public.

[dembotoz]

1. so much for open government

[snacker]

2. This disgusts me. n/t

[mojowork_n]

3. Were the secrecy pledges exchanged over a secret, wireless chat network? n/t