Posted on 10/27/2010 11:49:18 AM PDT by RockinRight
West California gets LA, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley...and most of the population, but also most of the liberals.
East California gets Sacramento, the Inland Empire, Orange County (moving leftward but still not insanely so), San Diego, Fresno, and Bakersfield, as well as much of the agriculture. East Cali also gets some beachfront via San Diego and Orange Counties. It has a somewhat smaller population, but a GOP-leaning, relatively conservative state that would be likely be similar to Arizona in overall politics, while the West Californians can continute to fester in their Communist utopia as they see fit. Since Mexico is actually bordered by the more Arizona-like East California, it's stricter illegal immigration enforcement would likely help BOTH states, as they have to cross E. Cali. to get to West Cali.
What do those of you IN Cali think? I don't live there, but it's an idea that has been discussed before, but not in an East/West split - most proposals split North/South.
I have a better idea. Keep East California and give the rest back to Mexico.
“Should We Split CA into Two States? (Vanity)”
And Washington. King County becomes it’s own state, the rest of the state retains the name.
CA could do like Maine and Nebraska and split their electoral votes. Not sure if that would make things better or worse.
Add everywhere in Nevada except Clark County and you got a deal.
West Cali’s capital could be maybe San Jose, or possibly Santa Barbara.
East California gets Sacramento, so could use it as it’s capital, or, it could choose a more central location for it’s capital, possibly Bakersfield.
Once the split occurs “East California” should blow up the aqueducts taking water to SF and LA Basin, hee hee.
“Should We Split CA into Two States?”
Just wait a bit...
The BIG ONE may do it for you!
:-)
We’ve been talking about e/w split in WA for decades. It’ll never happen.
Then build a big wall and sell Marxifornia water and power, plus deporting illegals to Marxifornia.
What a hippie doper paradise Mfornia would be.
I would love it.
We are too big to be one state.
Split it up.
In the case of CA, it'd be far better. We're not going to get the full 55 of their EVs.
Adding Del Norte County and Crescent City to the “good” Cali wouldn’t be a big deal, it’s contiguous.
This has been a topic as far back as Ican remember, and I’m over 50.
One proposal split it into north and south, with the north being called the State of Jefferson (google it, it’s interesting.)
A later proposal was for thirds... north, central, south. Something about LA stealing all of the water from the central California farmers.
Good idea. Many of my ancestors are buried in Del Norte, I'd hate to see it go over to the "other" California.
I can’t see how your idea would make things better, ‘cause you are leaving all the ports, and all the existing money infrastructure in the hands of the Commies.
The worst thing for California over the past decade has been the lack of quality of the leadership, and at this time no matter the party we are again lacking quality in leadership, and the potential leadership. There’s NOBODY worth a crap running for office here again IMO.
Should that day come when we have somebody worthy of voting for that actually wants to take on the established Leftist machine, and blow its wheels off, then I can see enthusiastic supporters out there campaigning like “H” to renew this State.
Until we get rid of the reruns, the third string, there isn’t going to much change here in California.
As I have it now, West CA would get Redwood National Forest, but East CA would get Sequoia National Park. East CA would also have the San Joaquin Valley.
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