Remember, this is the "Strayhorn/DeLay" redistricting plan found illegal

From the Abilene Reporter News (<http://www.reporter-news.com/abil/op_columns/article/0,1874,ABIL_7981_4766176,00.html>):

Strayhorn obviously has trouble with hard-core Republicans who attend conventions like this. But she may also have problems with Democrats - if Bell can put a bright enough spotlight on her sins against the Democrats, plus her pinball record. Bell will point out that the Tough Grandma hasn't been a friend to Democrats. And her positions, like her travels, have been all over the map:

# Redistricting - As a member of the Legislative Redistricting Board, Strayhorn in 2001 cast the deciding vote to re-draw Texas House districts to reward Republicans and punish Democrats. In 2002, with corporate campaign funding help engineered by then-U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, the GOP took over the House, installed Tom Craddick of Midland as Speaker, and with direction from DeLay and help from Perry, re-drew Texas' congressional district lines to kill off half a dozen Democrats with decades of seniority.

<http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2001-08-16/news/news_1.html>

And we do need to make that very clear that the tough grandma was a tough backstabbing partisan stabbing voters in the back. She is no better than DeLay.

Sonia

LOTS of independents were very unhappy about them running roughshod over the voters.