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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-09-09 06:29 PM
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Todd Rokita and the $110,000 question!
Secretary of State Todd Rokita is term-limited, and thus next year will inevitably begin a campaign for, well, something. As part of this effort, it appears he has decided to weigh in on the issue of redistricting in a big way. And by "big," I mean the price of this grandstanding effort, not to be confused with the "infinitesimally small," which refers to the likelihood of anyone ever giving Rokita's proposal the time of day.

Secretary of State Todd Rokita will dial up the debate over how best to redraw Indiana's legislative districts today when he calls for making it a felony to consider politics in the process.

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Lawmakers, however, thought Rokita had trespassed on legislative turf.

"I don't think it's his business," said Senate President Pro Tempore David Long, R-Fort Wayne. "The secretary of state has overstepped his bounds."

When even Rep. Brian Bosma (R-Grandstandville) says you're full of it, you know that someone didn't do their political homework before deciding to call everyone together for a press conference. Nevermind the political implications -- Rokita is talking about criminalizing the consideration of political factors, and most lawmakers don't take kindly to being threatened with a felony conviction over completing duties that are statutorily theirs.

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