Jack Kingston told Gretchen
last week in Tifton
that he was heading to Atlanta the next day to try to retain
Moody Air Force Base in his district.
Looks like he may get that, by chopping just the Moody area out of Lowndes
County, and splitting the Pine Grove precinct.
Walter C. Jones wrote for the Rome News-Tribune yesterday,
Revised congressional map passes House committee
The House redistricting committee voted along party lines Wednesday to
approve a revised congressional map with multiple changes from the one
made public Monday.
The changes restore Valdosta’s Moody Air Force Base to Republican Jack
Kingston’s district and about 16,000 people in Effingham County to
Democrat John Barrow’s to keep the two equal in population.
Yeah, they restore it all right.
Here’s before and after:
Hard to see?
Look at the detail map on the right here.
This latest proposed gerrymander gives Kingston Clinch and Echols
Counties just so Jack can send a green tongue out from Echols
to lap up Moody with as little of the rest of Lowndes as possible.
It gets better.
Look at the
Lowndes County precinct maps:
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Georgians have until Dec. 23 to comment on new state and congressional district maps. The U.S. Department of Justice is in the midst of its 60 day-review of the maps. Voter advocate groups say this may be the last chance to comment before the maps go into effect for a decade.
