Blogging is not journalism in any form or fashion. It is an information medium that has been around for some time now used by political pundits, traditional media outlets, businesses, talk hosts, groups, organizations, and just private citizens in order to get a message or information out to the public. It is an interesting medium because all sorts of information starts pouring in to a blogger about people, their records (public and otherwise), political groups, or events that did or did not happen and so a blogger has to really sort through the information not because we are a news source but because of credibility and liability.
Today I received a “blog scoop” about behind closed door meetings that were held over the weekend between representatives of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, Jose Garza representing the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) and Nina Perales representing the Mexican American Legal Defense Education Fund (MALDEF) in the Texas Redistricting Case. On Friday, judges called upon the political parties and all interested parties to come to an agreement or risk the potential of split Primaries or a delayed Primary Date beyond April 3, 2012.
According to sources, the closed meeting included some Texas “bigs” including Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office as well as Jose Garza from MALC and Nina Perales from MALDEF but excluded many other players impacted by a final ruling and or agreement. Sources have said that Rolando Rios from San Antonio representing Congressman Henry Cuellar was left out of the talks as well as attorneys representing the NAACP (who were initially invited but walked away from the table).
The “closed door” meetings that led to an agreement are said to have included awarding Maverick County to the 28th Congressional District represented by Congressman Henry Cuellar. The other “rumored” deal is the awarding of the Lower Valley area in El Paso County including Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo land holds, Socorro and East of Socorro areas to the 23rd Congressional District represented by Congressman Canseco. This proposal would make the district more Democratic and a better seat for Congressional candidate Pete Gallego, a good thing! This rumored deal between the Attorney General’s office and attorneys for MALC and MALDEF is at the expense of the 16th Congressional District represented by Congressman Silvestre Reyes.
Both MALDEF and MALC have long standing relationships with State Representative Pete Gallego, who has served as Chair of MALC and has provided 18 plus years of input to MALDEF on a wide variety of legislative issues pending in the Texas legislature and he also has served as a resource to MALDEF on other redistricting matters.
If the two groups did not consult with others, including those representing the interest of the 16th Congressional District or Congressman Reyes, or attorneys representing the interests of South Texas, it posses a breach of political protocol among Latinos in Texas.
I will keep you posted as I get more information.
Today I received a “blog scoop” about behind closed door meetings that were held over the weekend between representatives of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, Jose Garza representing the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) and Nina Perales representing the Mexican American Legal Defense Education Fund (MALDEF) in the Texas Redistricting Case. On Friday, judges called upon the political parties and all interested parties to come to an agreement or risk the potential of split Primaries or a delayed Primary Date beyond April 3, 2012.
According to sources, the closed meeting included some Texas “bigs” including Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office as well as Jose Garza from MALC and Nina Perales from MALDEF but excluded many other players impacted by a final ruling and or agreement. Sources have said that Rolando Rios from San Antonio representing Congressman Henry Cuellar was left out of the talks as well as attorneys representing the NAACP (who were initially invited but walked away from the table).
The “closed door” meetings that led to an agreement are said to have included awarding Maverick County to the 28th Congressional District represented by Congressman Henry Cuellar. The other “rumored” deal is the awarding of the Lower Valley area in El Paso County including Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo land holds, Socorro and East of Socorro areas to the 23rd Congressional District represented by Congressman Canseco. This proposal would make the district more Democratic and a better seat for Congressional candidate Pete Gallego, a good thing! This rumored deal between the Attorney General’s office and attorneys for MALC and MALDEF is at the expense of the 16th Congressional District represented by Congressman Silvestre Reyes.
Both MALDEF and MALC have long standing relationships with State Representative Pete Gallego, who has served as Chair of MALC and has provided 18 plus years of input to MALDEF on a wide variety of legislative issues pending in the Texas legislature and he also has served as a resource to MALDEF on other redistricting matters.
If the two groups did not consult with others, including those representing the interest of the 16th Congressional District or Congressman Reyes, or attorneys representing the interests of South Texas, it posses a breach of political protocol among Latinos in Texas.
I will keep you posted as I get more information.
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