Posted on 07/02/2011 6:47:55 PM PDT by CharlyFord
RIVERSIDE (CBS) — Is the state of California about to go “South”?
Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone apparently thinks so, after proposing that the county lead a campaign for as many as 13 Southern California counties to secede from the state.
Stone said in a statement late Thursday that Riverside, Imperial, San Diego, Orange, San Bernardino, Kings, Kern, Fresno, Tulare, Inyo, Madera, Mariposa and Mono counties should form the new state of South California.
The creation of the new state would allow officials to focus on securing borders, balancing budgets, improving schools and creating a vibrant economy, he said.
“Our taxes are too high, our schools don’t educate our children well enough, unions and other special interests have more clout in the Legislature than the general public,” Stone said in his statement.
When I was walking one of my dogs today, walked by the spot. There is a flower garden that is bisected by the “state line” LOL
Upstate NYS has been kicking this idea around for years.
Man, I wouldn’t mind staying in the People’s Republic of Illinois if we in downstate could secede from the sewer that is Cook County. Might even have a non-Communist government for a change.
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