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BY LYXANTOLEDANES2011-09-1321:50:00

The Odessa City Council becamethe last taxing entity tovoteon theirredistricting plans, unanimously approving Plan 5-A during their meetingTuesday.Similar to the four other taxingentities, council members voted for theredistricting map whichwill move the least people from district to district.Under Plan 5-A, only 5,733 people will be moved compared to the 11,085people that would have moved n Plan 5-B."In all honesty, I didnt like either one ofthose plans. I like mydistrict," District 3 Representative Barbara Graff said. "(But) in 5-B,my district would be cut up more. That's difficult on people."

With Plan 5-A 2,349 people will move from District 2 to District 4; 1,832 people will move from District 4 toDistrict 3; 983people will move from District 3 toDistrict 5; and 569people will move from District 3 to District1.District 3will havea 63.4 percent Hispanic population andDistrict 5will havea 72 percent Hispanicpopulation. The population deviation between the smallest district (District 1) and the largest district(District 2) is 5.8 percent,which is within the 10 percent federal guidelines to ensure votes have equalweight between the districts.


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County approves redistricting planODESSA AMERICAN2011-08-2221:52:17

The Ector County Commissioners Court showed Monday you can'tmake everyone happy all of the time, but you can still get a unanimousvote.Commissioners voted on revised redistricting plans for the county inresponse to objections raised by Commissioner Armando RodriguezJuly 18 at what was supposed to be the redistricting task force's finalpublic hearing on the first map. Following a process that began in April,Rodriguez raised objections at that hearing about the distribution ofminority voters.Commissioners approved the new Plan A redistricting map, despiteRodriguez's objections about minority distribution.

Rodriguez said some of the people who approached him did not believe minorities were represented wellenough in Precinct 3, which caused quite a stir in previous redistricting meetings and was also the vehicle forthe creation of a third map plan.Rodriguez helped create Plan C with the county demographer, a plan that was sent to commissionersWednesday.


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Publication: Freedom - Odessa America; Date: Sep 7, 2011; Section:Opkrion; Page: 7A AetivePaoef

E C H O approves redistricting planTrustees vote to establish hospital PDB Y GABRIELLA [email protected]

The Ector County Hos-pital District board oftrustees approved redis-tricting plan 7-A in theirmonthly meeting Tuesdayevening."It is less disruptive tothe voters," board memberJudy Hayes said about Plan7-A duringthe meeting.Odessa College had al-ready approved the plan,which moved the leastamount o f voters o f the twooptions, and by coinci-dence, Ector County ISDtrustees approved Plan7-Aroughly simultaneously attheir Tuesday eveningmeeting. The three taxingentities share thesamemapfo r their seven-member dis-tricts, which are redrawn

more typical business inap-p r o v ing the use o f BioshieldMedical Waste Solutionsfo r medical-waste manage-mentAfter the board's previ-ous medical wastemanage-ment company, PositiveImpact Waste Solutions,declared bankruptcy inearlyAugust,ChiefOperat-ing Officer Tony Ruiz saidthey needed to decide on anew company quickly.The new services cost$4,800 per month, unlikethe previous contract of$4,000 per month, Ruizsaid, but he said Bioshieldresponded quickly to theirneed.Security Director BradTimmons presented a reso-lution to establish the hos-pital's own police depart-ment, which board mem-

raise the bar on our secu-rity," Medical Center Hos-pital CEOBill Webstersaid.The hospital uses acom-bination of its own un-armed security guards andcontracted Odessa PoliceDepartment officers work-ing off-duty. Once the newplan goes into effect, thehospital will employ itso wn licensed police officersin addition to its unarmedsecurity guards, Webstersaid.The hospital is workingon its certification with thestate so it can employ certi-fied police officers, Tim-monssaidIdeally, Timmonssaid hewould like to have two li-censed police officers pershift, but the number willdepend oncost.Webster said they hopeto finish their certificationand have their first officersometime this fa l l

his presentation."This will make it evenbetter," Timmons said.In other action, the board;A p p r o v e d th e review ofminutes.Announced th e e m p l o y e e so f th e month: surgical tech Da v i d

Juarez, security guard DanielC o p p i n g e r a n d nurse K a y l a N o -b t e y .A p p r o v e d committee re -ports.Approved th e compliancep r o g r am resolution.A p p r o v e d th e resolutionregarding th e adoption o f guide-lines and criteria governing tax

abatement a n d business incen-tives in the reinvestment z o n e sa n d enterprise z o n e s ,A p p r o v e d th e resignationo f board member Ce r e t h aCartwright, w h o s e r v e d sinceM a y 2008 a n d recently moved toS an D i e g o .A p p r o v e d th e Physician r e -cruitment guarantee agreement.A p p r o v e d th e M CH P r oCa r eP r o v i d e r Agreement.


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Print Article: Redistricting still up in air Page 1 of 3

Redistricting still up in airODESSA AMERICAN2011-07-2221:33:04

An Ector County commissioner would like to see the Hispanicpopulation compose up to 75 percent in several districts because, hesays, those numbers are needed to overcome Hispanics' lack ofbelief in the electoral system and their tendency not to vote.But as governments redraw lines to reflect the 2010Census data, others oppose "packing" a particulardemographic into a district to try to get a politicaladvantage, even as they disagree on w h at that advantagewould be.Pet. 4 Commissioner Armando Rodriguez surprised fellow task forcemembers Monday during what was supposed to be the final meetingof the Ector County Redistricting Task Force by asking for changesto a proposed county map that he had previously approved.

Rodriguez also said he wants some districts in the county's taxing entities to have higher minoritynumbers - as much as 70 to 75 percent because so many Hispanics have a tendency to not vote."I believe a lot don't believe in the system, and it is our job to convince them to vote," Rodriguez said.


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Print Article: Re districting still up in air Page 2 of 3P.7.Friday, Moore said that Rodriguez w anting 70 to 75 percent of some voting districts to be Hispanic proveswh at he initially said of redistricting complaints."What happened to personal responsibility?" Moore said. "The reason some Hispanics don't believe in thesystem is because they have spent a lifetime and built organizations around making H ispanics not believein the sys tem."Redistricting was never meant to be like this, Moore argued. He said the redistricting fight is not just on alocal level but also on the state level and cited how some maps proposed by minority groups looked like a"nightmare" with districts snaking across the state."This is a warped sense of what America is all about an d makes excuses for a lack of personalresponsibility," he said. "In a way it's just like government itself. Create a disaster and demand that they bethe one to clean it up."Rodriguez has seized upon Moore's work and used it as an example of why he said he believes Hispanicnumbers should be closer to 75 percent for some districts after redistricting. If leaders like Leal andUranga don't vote in every election, Rodriguez said, that shows Hispanics have a tendency not to vote."Our job is to convince them to vote with a lot of community involvement and leadership," Rodriguez said."I have asked people to get out and vote. I think a lot of people didn't realize that there are lists that showif you vote or not."Other members of the committee, including Redford, agreed to go back to thedrawing board on the maps, but say there is more of a sense of urgency now to get the maps tothe federal Justice Department."If I wanted to be a jerk I could have ram -rodded it through (over Rodriguez's objections), but that is notthe best way to handle things," Redford said.Speaking during the Monday meeting, local NAAC P president G ene Collins was also against theproposed maps, and he too said the task force was packing minorities, although not on purpose.


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The Ector County Redistricting Task Force is made up of representatives from Ector Cou nty, the EctorCounty Independent School District, the Ector County Hospital District, Odessa College and the city ofOdessa.

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Ector County Redistricting Task Force Members:Ector County Judge Susan Redford.Odessa City Manager Richard Morton.ECISD Trustee Tom Pace.ECISD Superintendent Hector Mendez.Hospital district board member Judy Hayes.MCH Executive Director Bill Webster.Odessa College Trustee Walter Smith.

Editor's note: In a previous version of this online article, District 3 rather than District 5 was misidentifiedas the city council district accused of being packed to dilute other areas. Copyright 2011 Freedom Communications. All Rights Reserved.Privacy Policy | User Agreement | Site Map


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Local task force meets to redraw lines after 2011 CensusBY SARAH MUELLER2011-04-1422:36:35

The lines are about to get redrawn. Local redistricting beganThursday night with the first meeting of the Ector County RedistrictingJoint Task Force.The task force is m ade up of all the local taxing entities, withrepresentatives from the Ector County Independent School District,Ector County, the Ector County Hospital Board, Odessa College andEctor County Indrj f iool District ., ,~"_, ... , ._ . ,-.O d e s s a , T e x a s the city of Odessa. Committee members voted Ector County JudgeSusan R edford as chairperson, ECISD Board of Trustees P residentTom Pace as vice-chair and Ector County Hospital Board memberJudy H ayes as secretary.

Presentations were made by Arturo Michel, a partner with the law firm Thompso n & Horton andredistricting expert Leslie Johnston. This is the third census they have helped the coun ty with, Michel said.The task force faces a few challenges. The state is drawing up its own redistricting proposals, which mayaffect local efforts. There is also a time factor. Once a final decision is made by the taxing entities, theplans must be app roved by the Justice Department, which could take at least 60 days. R edistricting wouldideally be finalized between August and October to avoid conflict with 2012 primaries in March, Michelsaid.According to fed eral guidelines, the deviance in po pulation betwe en the sm allest and largest district m ustnot exceed 10 percent. Because of the area's growth, s everal of the taxing entities had districts that areout of compliance. The county had the smallest deviation overall, with a 10.3 percent difference. The cityis the largest, with a deviance of 21.4 percent.


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CITY OF ODESSA, TEXASELECTION RETURNS

YEAR NAME VOTES1998 Mike Atkins, Mayor 1,564Bill Cleaver, District 1 524

Jimmy Williams, District 1 113Billy Hext 31 11999 Election Canceled - No candidates in District 4 & 5Larry Melton, District 32000 Bill Hext, Mayor 2,522Javier Joven, Mayor 426David OjCajnJMayor__269Bill Cleaver, District 1 635

Jo Ann Davenport, District 1 321Jim Morris, District 2 ~_951_Bob Slider, District 4 _______ __ 503-Bert.TE7Calzada, igtrjct 5 _____ __46_

2001 Larry Melton, District 3 524Brandon Tate^r^tncf5T 701Berta Calzada, District 5 124George IRice^District 5 105


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CITY OF ODESSA, TEXASELECTION RETURNS2002 Proposition 2 - Limit 8 years to number of years served as

City Councilmember and MayorFor 1,624Against 457

Proposition 3 - Amend Section 61 to delete the requirementthat the caption of Ordinances be read aloud at Councilmeetings.For ' 1.198

Against 7862003 District 4Blaine VanderburgJoshua McMahan 558

John W. Basden 784Brandon Tate2004 District 1Gary Rowe 275

Jo Ann Davenport 443Bill Cleaver 431District 2

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Year Votes

2010 DistrictsPedro "Pete" R. Munoz, Jr. 17Barbara Graff 239Cathi Echols 140District 4Javier Joven 90Dean Combs 270

District 5Benjamin Velasquez 191Roy Hunton 343


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GUIDELINES FORDRAWINGYOUR SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS

1. Draw districts to contain similar total population size. The maximum deviation f rom the smallest to the largestpopulated district should not exceed 10%, (+) or (-) 5%. (ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE PRINCIPLE)

2. Draw districts that contain contiguous and compact geographic areas. (CONTIGUITY FACTOR)3. Use identifiable geographic features as boundaries.4. Use county election precinct lines as SMD boundaries.5. Maintain communities of interest and minimize dividing neighborhoods, when possible.6. Consider residential location of current government members in separate districts.7. Maintain racial and/or language minority population as a community of interest in one or more single-member

districts, if possible. Evaluate minority voting strength in terms of voting age population.8. Follow guidelines as defined in the Voting Rights Act. Avoid "retrogression": if possible do not make therelevant minority group worse off relative to the current plan. (RETROGRESSION FACTOR)


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