Blurred Lines

 So the non-partisan Legislative Services Agency has put forth their latest version of redistricting maps for Iowa's congressional, state representative, and state senate districts. While it looks sort of pornographic with congressional districts jutting in and out of other districts like some sort of unwholesome orgy, it still seems to make these districts appear competitive. Other than the unholy aesthetics of the map, my real question is why the renumbering of Districts 1 and 2? Not for nothing, but just changing stationery and doorplates should annoy the crap of our current Representatives. 

That aside, if the Legislative Services Agency has met the concerns that the ruling party raised and the Democrats' leadership expressed being okay with this, you just have to think that these maps will be redrawn again if for no other reason than the delicate sensibilities of Family Leader and the Faith & Freedom Alliance being upset by the suggested fornication going on the maps.

No, the leadership of the House and Senate will have to ask for a more family-friendly rendition of maps to be redrawn and preferably in as much to their favor as possible, because otherwise, what good is an independent agency? Also, mapping like this is kind of like trying to get a neighborhood to agree on rezoning to add low-income multi-family development; everyone is going to have an opinion and somebody is going to be unhappy.