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Site HomeFebruary 21st, 2005
Name It Warshington In Honor Of Those Who Can't Say Washington
More secessionist talk from the recent election.The Republican from Orient is the prime sponsor on a joint memorial in the Senate that asks President Bush to create a new state east of the Cascades that would comprise 20 of the current state's 39 counties. Nine other Republican senators have signed on in support. Similar measures have been introduced in past years without success.Ok, so it's just one of those every-few-years thing where the (typically) more rural part of a state dominated by one or sometimes two urban concentrations wants to be its own state. Someone in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan every few years rattles this around. If I remember correctly, in the mid or late 80s the very northern counties of California actually had a non-binding, informal referendum to leave CA. I'm sure it happens in other states. Great way to get your name in the paper.
"It's not sour grapes," Morton said. "It's common sense. People who think alike should be united."
Posted By Claire on Feb 21st, 2005 at 8:59pm That sounds like the movement behind that referendum in northern CA I was talking about. I lived in southern CA at the time, and it was treated like a "Oh, those rubes. Heh heh heh. Now here's the water skiing squirrel." type thing on the local news. Posted By fad on Feb 21st, 2005 at 9:07pm
Maybe they'd be interested in joining the State of Jefferson, which includes the north-east part of CA and the south-east part of OR.