Seeking your input on redistricting simply a smokescreen

Nice try Mr. Speaker. Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is a little late to the party as he tries to seek public input into the process of drawing new legislative boundaries in the state. Vos and fellow republicans have launched a website that purports to seek your ideas for how the maps should be drawn. This after Vos and others have rejected public input repeatedly since hiding behind closed doors and hiring private lawyers to draw maps that greatly benefited their political party. If Vos really wanted to hear the ideas of citizens of Wisconsin, much of that work has already been done. The Governor has created the People’s Maps Commission, which is working to draw legislative boundaries that are fair to both parties. He should know Wisconsinites want fair maps, after referendums in county after county, including La Crosse, show support for an independent commission to be in charge of drawing the boundaries and removing partisanship from the process. Now suddenly, Vos seems to want to know what you think. But that is a smokescreen. He has already lined up lawyers to prepare for a court fight over the maps. That is hardly a sign that he supports a transparent and nonpartisan process that is overwhelmingly favored by the public.