Albany Must Be Short On Dictionaries

In defending the indefensible, Assemblyman Jack McEneny, the Democratic Co-Chair of the gang that drew the new legislative lines said –

 

"The same people who (criticized LATFOR) before the lines were drawn are being consistent, and it all depends on what your definition of gerrymander is, and nobody has a good one," he said.

 

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/New-lines-draw-veto-threat-2745548.php#ixzz1kfZQUJWt

 

I guess the State budget doesn’t allow McEneny access to a dictionary because the Merriam-Webster seems pretty good to me –

 

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gerrymandering

 

Definition of GERRYMANDER

transitive verb

1

: to divide (a territorial unit) into election districts to give one political party an electoral majority in a large number of districts while concentrating the voting strength of the opposition in as few districts as possible

2

: to divide (an area) into political units to give special advantages to one group <gerrymander a school district>