From the Front Lines of Democracy

Hello Democrats! So much going on around the county. High school and college sports making up front page, above-the-fold news. Professional sports making hearts break. I wanted to cry when Daniel Jones went down clutching his other leg – the one that isn’t ‘cracked’.

Mid-cycle redistricting in the state of IN - at the command of the POTUS - will maybe be over and done by Friday this week. The bill, and map, passed the House last Friday and went over to the Senate yesterday. The House passed the bill. The Senate is still a question. For Hendricks Co, two of our house reps voted yes to move forward with the gerrymander – Craig Haggard and Jeff Thompson. Two voted against the bill – Becky Cash and Greg Steuerwald. BTW, Steuerwald headed the re-districting in 2021. I have not seen a clear image of the proposed map, but I think Hendricks may stay in CD4 – don’t quote me on that. It did look like Hendricks got a little of the carve-up of Marion Co.

Our holiday party is today! We will have a little bit of a meeting, but not very much, and then begin the white elephant gift exchange. Don’t overthink the gift part. Don’t spend a lot of money. Usually, I go through my house and find something I can wrap up – like those things you bought on a TikTok flash sale and never opened, or the Amazon delivery that came to your house by mistake and couldn’t return, or an extra set of forks. You know – white elephant. Not typical. Fun. Silly. Disparaging. See you there!