His district includes:
- Part of Allegheny County
- Part of Armstrong County
- Part of Cambria County
- Part of Fayette County
- All of Greene County
- Part of Indiana County
- Part of Somerset County
- Part of Washington County
- And part of Westmoreland County
Just to show how minutely this district was sliced and diced, consider some of the fine detail from Washington County:
…Washington County consisting of the Cities of Monongahela and Washington and the Townships of Canton, Carroll Districts 2, 3 and 5, Chartiers Districts 3, 5, 6 and 7, East Bethlehem, Fallowfield Districts 1, 2 and 4, North Bethlehem, North Strabane Districts 2, and 3 (only blocks 3016, 3017, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4011, 4012, 4013 and 4015 of tract 745100), Somerset, South Strabane Districts 2, 4 and 5, Union, West Bethlehem; and West Pike Run and the Boroughs of Allenport, Beallsville, Bentleyville, California, Canonsburg Wards 2 and 3 (Division 1), Centerville, Charleroi Districts 1, 3 and 4, Coal Center, Cokeburg, Deemston, Donora, Dunlevy, East Washington District 2, Elco, Ellsworth, Finleyville, Houston, Long Branch, Marianna, New Eagle, North Charleroi, Roscoe, Speers, Stockdale, Twilight and West Brownsville.
As they say, the devil is in the details.
For a more detailed look at all the roads and towns, up close and personal, go here.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
On Gerrymandering and Featherbedding...
American Daughter has an excellent post that outlines just how gerrymandered Murtha's district (PA-8) really is. As a matter of fact, it looks downright intestinal:
