Letter: Republican leaders hypocritical on gerrymandering

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I agree with the Republican leaders when they describe partisan gerrymandering as being undemocratic and un-American. However, I find it hypocritical when they fail to mention that it was Donald Trump who called on states to redistrict mid-decade to give an advantage to their majority party.

From the Archives: Tangier Island

Tangier Island — 01-02-1955 (cutline): This generator is one of the few pieces of modern machinery.
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Tangier Island — 01-02-1955 (cutline): Marker lists names of Tangier's war dead.
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Tangier Island — 08-01-1971 (cutline): Women seated at the table inside building pick out crab meat. Company pays them for amount of work they do: 50 cents a pound.
P.A. Gormus

Tangier Island — 01-11-1955 (cutline): Tangier Islanders leave the Dorelena II for a morning's shopping in Crisfield. The mail boat skipper, Eulice Thomas, watches their departure from the deck above.
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Tangier Island — 01-07-1955 (cutline): Swain Memorial Methodist Church is center of most Tangier Island social as well as religious activities. Islanders (right) shown at song during regular weekly prayer meeting, important in the lives of some.
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Tangier Island — 05-05-1985 (cutline): Six of seven seniors at Tangier Combined School horse around as they line up for a class picture. They are (standing from left) Maria Pruitt, Marty Crockett, Lisa Charnock, Bev Parks, Rose Marshall and Tommy Eskridge (kneeling). The seventh classmate, Laura Parks, was absent on photo day. Enrollment in the school totals 122, K-12th grades.
Lindy Keast Rodman

Tangier Island — Year unknown (cutline): About 900 people live on Tangier Island in Chesapeake Ba. Cleanup plans have been delayed by bureaucracy, says Mayor Robert Thorne.
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Tangier Island — 01-02-1955 (cutline): This small car has just enough room to negotiate a bridge.
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Tangier Island — 02-27-1978 (cutline): Sherman Pruitt (right) hands boxes to Jeff Yuhas. Pruitt owns boat that carries groceries.
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Tangier Island — 02-14-1957 (cutline): The Rev. Oscar J. Rishel seeks equipment for Tangier clinic.
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Tangier Island — 04-22-1979 (cutline): Two residents share transportation. Mopeds, bicycles are common on island.
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Tangier Island — 08-01-1971 (cutline): W. Ray Crockett (left), Marshall Buy Catch; Plant in background. Excess crabs will be taken by boat in the afternoon to Crisfield, Md.
P.A. Gormus, Jr.

Tangier Island — 10-27-1968 (cutline): Tangier children on dock watching all the people go by.
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Tangier Island — 06-29-1969 (cutline): This church cemetery on Tangier Island is enclosed by familiar picket fences.
Joe Colognori