Today saw the arrival of the campaign. Citizens for Better Education held a rally at the Shelby County Administration building.
The rally was pretty well attended by media, elected officials, and regular citizens despite being held at 11am on a weekday.
A petition was circulated, in response to questions about who could call for, and whom can vote in, any election that would effectively merge the districts. Also, the specter of the first lawsuit since the vote was raised.
Not bad for a Friday.
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January 7, 2011
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