This is the part when the powerful hold public hearings. The powerful listen patiently and do a lot of nodding because they know the plan won't change. They've already counted the votes and by this time know that the plan will pass easily. The only thing entertaining that remains is predicting who's going to get screwed. Redistricting Predictions Predicting anything in politics is particularly risky and sometimes-public predictions can, like polls, affect the process and the political outcome.
Rumors become public knowledge.
That knowledge becomes the fodder of open debate. Open debate changes minds and predictions are proven wrong. However, the worst part of publishing a prediction is that I can't deny I said it. But here goes. The most dramatic change will be the loss of one and maybe two Baltimore City Senate Districts.