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Never happened before.... Some of you may have noticed that Bev’s Burner from last week was simply a repeat of the week before. That has never happened before. I’m not saying we’ve
never made a mistake before, just never made that particular one. When we discovered the mistake Wednesday morning when the newspaper came back from the printer, we immediately put
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the new column, meant for that week, on our web site. But never one to waste a good column, I’m running the old, new one this week. However, I’ve added a few more comments to it. It’s all about Charlie.....I wrote a news story about redistricting this past week that you probably read on the front page of this newspaper. Now I’ll tell you the real story. Sugar Land city councilwoman Jacqueline Baly Chaumette has expressed interest in the past few months about running as state representative, even if District 26 current Representative Charlie Howard refuses to retire and she has to run against him. Of course, Jacquie isn’t the only one lining up to run against Charlie, but she is the strongest what with her name identification and all the kudos and honors she has collected over the years. Being a sitting city council member doesn’t hurt either. So imagine her surprise when she woke up (last) Friday morning immediately after the redistricting map from the state redistricting committee came out and discovered that her small subdivision of Avalon had been gerrymandered out of Charlie Howard’s District 26 into the new District 85, grouped with parts of Richmond, Rosenberg, Wharton and parts of Jackson County. It’s one small suburban subdivision containing about 600 residents that have nothing in common with Wharton and Jackson counties. To be able to make the numbers work, Charlie’s district will represent half of Richmond, which if commonality is the goal, hardly makes any sense. Obviously, Charlie had heard the rumors about Jacquie and
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