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VT town votes for secession to NH, Free Staters celebrate
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Posted on 03/03/2004 11:12:50 PM PST by Dada Orwell
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:39:07 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Furious over years of skyrocketing property tax and leftist state government, residents of the VT ski town of Killington have just voted by a landslide to secede to New Hampshire. It's not clear how much impact the Free State Project had on the course of events, but the Killington area had been a primary target of FSP advertising over the last month, including television commercials and print ads urging residents to come to NH and "bring Killington with you."
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: freestateproject; killington
To: Dada Orwell
You mean all the wonderful left wing liberals that only care about truth, love and peace haven't forced the town of KILLINGton to change their name yet? lol
I would love for this to actually happen.
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posted on
03/03/2004 11:15:17 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(John Kerry is simply a liar. The man can't differentiate campaign rhetoric with facts!)
To: Fledermaus
Oh, not the name change...the seceding to NH!
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posted on
03/03/2004 11:16:00 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(John Kerry is simply a liar. The man can't differentiate campaign rhetoric with facts!)
To: Dada Orwell
I wonder if this could start a war between Vermont and New Hamshire.
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posted on
03/03/2004 11:17:02 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: Dada Orwell
I see nothing wrong with this. I think a liberal judge will throw it out. But I think secession is prefectly Constitutional.
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posted on
03/03/2004 11:20:30 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://www.ArmorforCongress.com......................Send a Freeper to Congress!)
To: Dada Orwell
Time to tear up the slopes!
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posted on
03/03/2004 11:27:31 PM PST
by
shekkian
To: GeronL
But I think secession is prefectly Constitutional. States have the constitutional right but it is an academic question after the Civil War/War between the States.
However, municipal entities derive their powers from the state. As creations of the state, they cannot secede. From a legal standpoint, the state's ultimate weapon is the threat of dissolving the town.
I understand why they would want to secede from a high-tax state...just doubt there is any legal means of doing so short of the state voluntarily ceding the territory to its neighbor.
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posted on
03/04/2004 12:30:47 AM PST
by
Young Rhino
(http://www.artofdivorce.com)
To: Paleo Conservative
"How the West was Won"
To: Young Rhino
The article linked says that both states legislatures would have to approve it...
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posted on
03/04/2004 1:16:53 AM PST
by
GeronL
(http://www.ArmorforCongress.com......................Send a Freeper to Congress!)
To: GeronL
"From a legal standpoint, the state's ultimate weapon is the threat of dissolving the town."
... and then they could stop paying their taxes :)
It's a win/win for Killington!
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posted on
03/10/2004 9:10:41 PM PST
by
StevenA
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