{Frankfort, Kentucky}...House Minority Floor Leader Jeff Hoover is urging Governor Steve Beshear to reject suggestions for a special legislative session to redraw legislative boundaries. Hoover says convening lawmakers to handle redistricting would be a waste of time and money. Hoover also urged top lawmakers to begin the process for "open meetings" to develop realignment maps that could be voted on during the first week of the regular 2012 General Assembly session that begins in January. Hoover said, "We should concern ourselves with redistricting in the 2012 session and not waste time and taxpayer money on an unneeded and unnecessary special session." House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, told reporters Tuesday that resolving redistricting this year would remove a contentious issue from the regular legislative session, which will be dominated by work on a new two-year state budget.
