Calexit plan to divorce California from US is getting a second chance

CNBC ^ | April 24, 2018 | Jeff Daniels

[EdnaMode]

California's secession movement will get a second try as the state's "war" against the Trump administration rages on several fronts.

On Monday, the California Secretary of State's Office announced that a secession ballot proposal has been cleared to begin gathering needed signatures. It comes amid other efforts that seek to split up California

"Calexit is left — we are progressive, and that's why we don't like Trump," said Marcus Ruiz Evans, one of the leaders of the Yes California campaign seeking California independence. "But there are some very hardcore Republican concepts to Calexit, including the group saying don't waste our tax money."

Evans said the group's membership has risen by "about four times" to roughly 44,000 members since the election of President Donald Trump

A similar effort by the backers of Calexit failed last year after negative fallout emerged following the disclosure that its leader, Louis J. Marinelli, was living in Russia. Marinelli, who is still listed as one of the backers of the measure, said in an interview he "travels to Russia and has worked there from time to time but is still a resident of California."

If the current Calexit measure gets enough signatures to qualify, it would result in a special election in 2021 to ask California voters whether the state should become an independent country. The backers need almost 366,000 signatures of registered voters to qualify it for the ballot.

[central_va]

For a while. Socialism works until they run out of other peopel’s money. Socialism punishes the people who work for a living and rewards those who vote for a living.

Ok, yo have no point. Let the country of CA run out of money. It wouldn't be MY problem then now would it?

[central_va]

My question was rhetorical, they couldn’t survive without federal dollars. See how loudly they squealed when the Fed threatened to hold back money from “sanctuary cities”. And with the insane policies California wants to enact their economy couldn’t possibly support itself.

Sure CA could. All the tax revenue that was going to DC from CA would then be redirected to Sacramento.

If Israel can be a country certainly CA could be.