Well, the whiners about Tuscaloosa were shut up.
New plan in action, pdf here. Really awesome map, passed almost unanimously too. The monkey business proposed by some here is not being seriously contemplated by the Alabama democratic party.
http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20110519/NEWS/110519696/1016/NEWS?p=all
The joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment by a 19-1 vote on Thursday approved a congressional redistricting plan that would keep Etowah County in the 4th Congressional District.
Moving Democrat-leaning Colbert County voters from the 5th District into the majority-Republican 4th District potentially will dilute Democratic voting strength in the 5th District that only recently elected its first Republican.
Hopefully the DOJ will force another majority-minority seat.