Thursday, April 29.1982
The Carolina Review: Redistricting Plan Rejected... Again!
The Missing Link...As
everyone must know by
now, the U.S. Justice
Department last week
rejected both the State
i House and Senate
redistricting plans.
Those two plans, along
with congressional
redistricting, were sub
mitted for bureacratic
perusal back in mid -
February - over two
months ago. Since that time,
this state’s entire electoral
process has been on hold,
) from local city - county
races to the congressional
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races to the senate ? house
races. Without acceptable
redistricting lines, a
primary election date could
not - cannot - be set.
Now this week, after the
latest rejection, the N.C.
General Assembly has been
called into another special
session (we lose count) to
decide on a new course for
reaching agreement with
the federal government.
But let’s go back to
February, the Legislature’s
third effort to design ac
ceptable redistricting lines
under the 1965 Voting Rights
Act. Regardless of what
takes place over reap
portionment, or when, it
seems apparent that
somewhere in the process
there has been a missing
link.
Early on, some legislators
tried to Marne Attor. Gen.
Rufus Edmisten for lack of
input and guidance in
designing the plans. Ed
misten might well be able to
prove that such criticism
was a part of partisan
politics reaching way into
the 1984 governor’s race, but
it’s true the AG’s office was
late in offering advice.
There are logical ex
planations for that too - one
obvious explanation is that
designing the districts is
purely a legislative exer
cise.
Anyway, by February, the
legislators had decided they
needed more judicial
redistricting expertise and
reluctantly hired a
Washington law firm to
oversee and advise them on
the process. Perhaps more
importantly, the expensive
lawyers were supposed to
have a pipeline to the
Justice Department perfect
for lobbying on North
Carolina’s behalf.
By this time, the
legislators and Washington
redistricting experts were
beginning to pick our real
faces in the U.S. Justice
Department who would be
making the decisions on the
plans North Carolina sub
mitted. These faces, ac
cording to conversations
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MORGAN PARK —Vz acre attractive wooded lot, $11,500.
BASE RD. Brick, LR, kitchen, 3 BR, bath, carport, fenced back yard. $35,000.
CHOWAN RIVER This riverfront home features LR, kitchen, 3 BR, nice
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ON CHOWAN RIVER Two story brick home, featuring 4 BR, 3 baths, LR, kit
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BEAUTIFUL WATERFRONT LOTS ON ALBEMARLE SOUND One half sere
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MORGAN PARK Beautiful brick home on an acre lot. Includes LR, DR, den,
library (fireplace), rec. rm., solarium, kitchen, three BR, two baths, double garage
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MORGAN PARK - FOR SALE Attractive brick home on larger
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FOREST PARK 3 BR, 2 baths, LR, den w-fireplace, kitchen, hardwood floors,
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HWY 17 Brand new! 1750 sq. ft. brick construction. Features great room with
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HWY. 17 Owner financing. 12 year old home uo targe wooded lot; features LR,
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RIVERTON 8 yr. old home on Vt acre lot featuring LR, den, kitchen, 3 BR, 2
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BERTIE COUNTY Only 12 fVn, 8 acres Including fish pond;
country home. $40,000, owner ULr it or $35,000 cash.
SWIMMING POOL 2700 sq. ft. brick home with LR, family room w-fireplace,
kitchen, 4 BR, 2W baths plus a sewing room. Patio area. OWNER FINANCING.
$85,000.
CAPE COLONY Shingle nome on canal features LR, kitchen, 3 BR, bath,
garage. Private boat ramp. $39,000.
BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE Commercial ft Residential
THE SHOWAfI HERAJLD
with the legislators in
volved, began to offer
concrete advice on the dos
and don’ts of an acceptable
formula.
Also, there were the
Senate and House leader
ship positions who were
actively protective of the
lines they personally liked -
assuming any of it was
likable - and they readily
injected their desired upon
the whole Assemblage.
That Assemblage, made
up of 50 men and women in
the Senate and another 120
in the House, had the final
say - so in what plans to send
to Washington.
So where in the process
did things go wrong? Where
is the missing link?
Was it Edmisten early?
Or was it the Washington
law firm? Or did the
bureacrats deal in bad
faith? Or did the leadership
not lead? Could the 170 men
and women in the General
Assembly have done a
better job with their vote?
Maybe it just isn’t a
missing link. Maybe it’s the
chain, or in this case, the
1965 Voting Rights Act. That
act gives enough power to
unelected officials in
Washington to actually
circumvent the principle of
one man - one vote that the
Supreme Court has set forth
as all - encompassing in
assuring free and fair
elections. The Voting Rights
Act is supposed to insure
that principle for minorities
as well. Unfortuantely, the
powers of the Voting Rights
Act seem to have grown past
the insurance stage.
There is a growing
uneasiness ammy many of
the legislators over What
they’ve been asked to do in
meeting the guidelines.
Some observers now look for
the pendulum to swing the
other way.
Anniversary
Celebration
The 73rd Anniversary
Celebration planned by the
First Presbyterian Church,
Eden ton for Saturday and
Sunday, May 15 and 16 has
been revised. Some
scheduling has been
changed. Anyone who ex
pects to attend please get in
touch with Art Beeler - 482 -
4718 or Madge Whitehurst -
482 - 3528 for details.
“Being born from above”
from John 3, will be the
sermon by Rev. H. E.
Mallinson, Pastor at the
First Presbyterian Church
Edenton this Sunday at ll
A.M.
Enlistment for the
Summer Sunday School
program of the First
Presbyterian Church begins
this Sunday. The lessons are
based on 12 days in the life of
Christ. The classes will
meet in as original settings
as possible - beside the sea,
in the fields, in homes, early
in the morning, late in the
evening, on the sea, at
breakfast, lunch and sup
per.
I Pesticide Laws Altered To Protect Beekeepers
RALEIGH Farmers
and others contracting for
aerial application of certain
pesticides are now required
by law to notify registered
beekeepers of intent to
apply these chemicals.
Pesticides involved are
those required by the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency to carry a label
indicating the products are
toxic to bees.
“Notification, either
written or oral, must be
given not less than 24 hours
or more than 10 days before
single application or a
seasonal spray schedule,”
said John Smith, pesticide
administrator of the N.C.
Department of Agriculture.
“The notification must
include the approximate
time of day of application
and the type of pesticide to
be used.”
Farmers, aerial ap
plicators and others in
volved with aerial pesticide
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their colonies with the Plant
Industry Division of the N.C.
Department of Agriculture,
Raleigh; the Department of
Entomology, N.C. State
University, Raleigh or
county agricultural ex
tension offices.