Houston area Latinos pulled their disparate organizations together and presented a revised redistricting plan to the Houston City Council yesterday.

Most of you probably think this makes good sense and see nothing unusual about it. However, I must tell you that it is significant.

There are many forces that work for varying aspects of improvement in Houston’s Latino community. They sometimes find themselves working with the same goal through different approaches.

In recent years, the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has begun building unity across the many non-profits that serve Hispanics, the business community, educational advocates and more.

It appears that the City’s 2011 Redistricting process has provided a solid point of unity for the entire Latino community.

Through a number of presentations and public speakers at yesterday’s public hearings, they made their voice heard – loud, clear, and with a unified message.

The redistricting plan they presented had solid support from a cross-section of the entire Latino community.

Alas, redistricting is a complex process. Asian-Americans were most unhappy with the plan as it splits the area of town known as “Asia Town” across Council districts. The Heights area is split across district lines. More people will express their opinion.

This is the nature of democracy and of redistricting. People have input into the process and the elected leaders ultimately have to develop a plan that will provide the best representation for all Houstonians.