Posted on 07/16/2017 6:40:39 PM PDT by Trump20162020
The New York Times has published an extensive look at California’s “far north,” the group of conservative counties in the high Sierra country whose residents often feel alienated from state government, and where a movement to form a new “State of Jefferson” remains strong.
The Times notes:
The residents of this region argue that their political voice is drowned out in a system that has only one state senator for every million residents.
Many liberals in California describe themselves as the resistance to Mr. Trump. Residents of the north say they are the resistance to the resistance, politically invisible to the Democratic governor and Legislature. California’s strict regulations on the environment, gun control and hunting impinge on a rural lifestyle, they say, that urban politicians do not understand.
The Times also notes: “Residents here have long backed a different proposal for a separate state, one that would be carved out of Northern California and the southern reaches of Oregon. Flags of the so-called State of Jefferson, which was first proposed in the 19th century, fly on farms and ranches around the region.”
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Hey. Don’t knock Otisburg. I live there.
Your sales tax in Oregon is Zero but your state income tax is high and you are broke as well with well over 95% of your state budget going to entitlements. No matter how you cut it, unless the rural areas have “better” representation, the highly populated cities will control the politics.
Democrats NEVER do anything to give themselves an “even break”.
You are absolutely right, but my total taxes are less than in CA.
And my 2A rights are respected in OR, which is not the case in CA.
My daughter and granddaughter live in Oregon. They love it, outside of the Portland culture. They echo the sentiment, “What can we do to counter the socialists in Portland”.
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