The current controversy over redistricting in Texas is churning up controversy from there to Illinois, to Boston, to New York.

            Mainly because that's where nearly 60 Democratic Texas legislators have traveled to in order to deny Texas State elected officials a quorum and prevent a vote on redistricting in the state that could cause a change in its Congressional apportionment.

            That event has brought to light many other circumstances of Legislatives members of one party or another doing the same thing over the past 25-years.

            Remember any of them?  There were quite a few but nary a blurb was run across the headlines or breaking news.  Today, it is moving up the ladder of importance with news media seeming to use the discourse to downplay events in Ukraine, Russia, Israel, and Palestine.  Shame on them.

            Is it important? Sure.  But so is the death and destruction going on at other places in the world – and our own country.

            Perhaps social media is feeding the desire to make as many public appearance today.  The outrage from the events from days-gone-by are fueled with the implied message of; I can do it today because you got away with it four years ago.  Oh yeah, well you did it first.

            Nobody wins that argument and two wrongs don't make a right.

            Voters elected you as their representative - now represent them.  If the majority of your voters approve of you abandoning ship – so be it.  If not you, the representative, are performing a disservice to you constituents and if they vote you out at the next election, you'll know why.

            Is running away the only option you have as an elected official?  Yes, a change in five Congressional Seats is impactful.  Is that what your constituent want?

            There is no guarantee that it will happen just because the reapportionment went through.

            Here is a novel idea.  Present your side of the argument directly to the people along with your reasoning for why it is bad and don't forget to share it with you opponent's constituents as well.

            No shouting or grandstanding just present the facts in an intelligent, fact-filled manner.  No hating or finger-pointing just solid dialect.

            How about organizing a letter or email campaign to your opponents, from their constituents who agree with you.  These are things you should have been doing when the thought of redistricting first came up.

            If you don't, you run the risk of being a grandstander or disagreeing because you are hate-filled.

            According to the Center for Immigration Studies, since 2021 more than 6 million immigrants have come to the United States.  Congressional Apportionment doesn't just include voters, it includes everyone.

            That's a lot of people that have been added to our population in four years.

            Where are the changes occurring?

            Everybody needs to be represented.