tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post8362001880364024074..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: Fairbanks to Sue Over Redistricting PlanStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-89791047218596068962011-06-26T19:12:25.956-08:002011-06-26T19:12:25.956-08:00I asked Jim Holm about why the Fairbanks senatoria...I asked Jim Holm about why the Fairbanks senatorial line that puts both Senators Thomas and Paskvan in the same district follows along a very straight line (possibly along a highway or something like this) except for one very small rectangle cut out of the otherwise straight line. It was clear to me that Holm did not want to have a conversation about this. He mumbled something about "getting the deviations right" and then left me in his dust.<br /><br />Holm has a guilty conscience about this. At the very least, he is unwilling to have a reasonable and professional conversation about this particular situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-70971059592525809492011-06-26T17:57:47.564-08:002011-06-26T17:57:47.564-08:00Tim, Apparently the Parnell administration reject...Tim, Apparently the <a href="http://www.adn.com/2011/06/25/1936447/political-test-may-apply-to-health.html" rel="nofollow">Parnell administration rejects science</a> and the law in favor of their own policy decisions. But White is a private attorney on contract to the Board which does not report to the governor. White knows that the courts - at least in Alaska - still defer to the law and not the governor's policy.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-52672585740338351902011-06-26T15:22:24.999-08:002011-06-26T15:22:24.999-08:00"Board attorney Michael White has told the bo..."Board attorney Michael White has told the board that the Federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) trumps the state constitution....."<br /><br />So does federal subsistence law, and the state ignored that. Parnell needs to make up and mind, and be consistent- either the Alaska Constitution comes first when it comes to conflicts with federal law, or it doesn't.Ratfishtimnoreply@blogger.com