Even politicians recognize that football and baseball are kings in Texas.
While many elected positions involving law enforcement in Wichita Falls will be up for grabs whenever the primaries are finally held, negotiators are still debating over the proper boundaries for Texas election maps.
Some people may have thought the re-districting maps struggle in the Lone Star State and Wichita Falls was between political parties, but another reason has now surfaced.
Another fight may be over who gets the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers games in their district.
Republican Congressman Joe Barton let it be known he wants to keep Jerry Jones' Eighth Wonder of the World and the Rangers' Ballpark in Arlington in his district today during discussions over how the maps will be drawn in this new political world.
Barton also wants to keep Six Flags Over Texas in his district.
And who can blame him?
Happy voters tend to support the person who is already in office. Or at least that would be the conventional wisdom.
And the Cowboys, Rangers and Six Flags also will generate huge income in whichever district they are located.
While it is not yet known in whose Congressional District our Texas heroes will play their home games, progress was made in the re-districting discussions today (Wednesday) .
The State of Texas, headed by Wichita Falls native Greg Abbott and the lawyers for the other interests apparently have reached agreement on maps for the state senate districts.
That is the good news.
The bad news is that the boundaries of the maps for Congressional districts and state house districts have not been agreed upon yet.
Because of the lengthy debates primary election dates have already been knocked back from March to April 3.
And now it looks like April 3 will not be do-able. May and June are being discussed.
State Senator Jeff Wentwood, Republican, deserves a great deal of credit for creative thinking to solve these types of re-districting messes.
Although Wentworth's bill was voted down before, maybe it's time to give it another shot.
Under his plan, both Democrats and Republicans in the Texas state senate would be allowed to select two individuals to serve on a bi-partisan commission. The state house would do the same.
Those eight members would then select an independent non-voting chair to oversee the proceedings.
If the group deadlocked, only then would the courts take over which would give both sides a strong motive to compromise on re-drawing the maps.
Thirteen states have already adopted some alternative system to re-districting. It may be time for Texas to take a look at San Antonio Senator Wentworth's proposal as our primary elections continue to be delayed.
Wentwood's plan sounds similar to one recommended by Wichita Falls businessman Chris Cline recently.
Cline said a nonpartisan panel would be a big improvement over the current system.
Cline is one of the owners of the Fill N Chill service station and restaurant at Southwest Parkway and Professional in Wichita Falls, Texas.
We can only hope a more effective system can be put into effect in Texas before the next re-districting wars occur. Readers who would like to see changes should contact their senators and congressmen in both Washington and Austin.
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