Parish
Against Canyon Creek Lawsuit
RECEIVED Mon., Nov. 12, 2007
Dear Editor,
As a Canyon Creek resident who does not approve of our municipal utility district board's lawsuit [against the Department of Justice over the Voting Rights Act], I agree with much of your piece ("Point Austin: MUD in Your Eye," by Michael King, Nov. 9) [News] but not the tone. This lawsuit was not approved by the residents but by the board that we elected. I think most of the residents I've talked to agree that this lawsuit was ill-advised, so I would ask that you limit your judgments about moral values and such to the members of the MUD board. None of them ran on the platform of fighting the feds with regards to this provision [Section 5] of the VRA, so this was a surprise to me, for certain. Back to my point: Would it be fair to characterize any Texan as a Rick Perry supporter or as a Republican? You must be a big fan of his since you live in Texas, right?
As a Canyon Creek resident who does not approve of our municipal utility district board's lawsuit [against the Department of Justice over the Voting Rights Act], I agree with much of your piece ("Point Austin: MUD in Your Eye," by Michael King, Nov. 9) [News] but not the tone. This lawsuit was not approved by the residents but by the board that we elected. I think most of the residents I've talked to agree that this lawsuit was ill-advised, so I would ask that you limit your judgments about moral values and such to the members of the MUD board. None of them ran on the platform of fighting the feds with regards to this provision [Section 5] of the VRA, so this was a surprise to me, for certain. Back to my point: Would it be fair to characterize any Texan as a Rick Perry supporter or as a Republican? You must be a big fan of his since you live in Texas, right?
Regards,
John Abrams
John Abrams
[Michael King responds: I'm delighted to hear from John Abrams that some Canyon Creek residents – in addition to those minority voters who have already spoken out against the lawsuit – also oppose the MUD lawsuit against Section 5 of the VRA, and I hope more will speak out against it. In the same spirit, let me note that the Chronicle editorial board endorsed Chris Bell for governor of Texas.]
