No worries. (I'm going on vacation next week, so I' getting in the Island mood.)
And, I was wrong about the map and Veasey. I'm sorry, just cobwebs in my memory, I guess.
But, lest we forget the caliber of Frost's staff, here's one of the FR article on the map theft and a DMN article about the video tape:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/903666/posts http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/politics/topstory/stories/042403dntexremap.9ec41.html Here's the rest of the story (about the Veasey-Lewis conflict)(I love having this forum to archive all this info):
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/politics/columnists/gjeffers/stories/010604dnmetjeffers.1136e3597.html "" [ House District 95 in Tarrant County ]
Marc Veasey is challenging veteran House member Glenn Lewis in the Democratic primary.
Mr. Veasey's candidacy is a rare example of a Democrat trying to take advantage of his opponent's alliances with House Republicans who pushed for congressional redistricting.
Though Mr. Lewis is a Democrat, he was a lieutenant of House Speaker Tom Craddick, R-Midland, serving as chairman of the House County Affairs Committee.
"We have a state representative who is more interested in rubbing shoulders with Republican power brokers in Austin than he is in delivering for his district," Mr. Veasey said.
Mr. Veasey was an aide to Rep. Martin Frost, D-Arlington, up until Friday, when he resigned to run for the Legislature. He says he's running against Mr. Lewis to put the district back in Democratic hands.
Mr. Lewis has represented the southeast Fort Worth district since 1995.
"If we're going to be mad at people for having working relationships with Republicans," Mr. Lewis said, "does it mean we're also going to completely abandon the notion of bipartisanship in Texas?" ""