Some in Weld County asking to secede from Colorado to join Wyoming

KDVR ^ | Updated: Jan 27, 2021 | Ashley Michels

[Verginius Rufus]

Back in the early 1970s there was a move to have western Nebraska secede and become part of Wyoming, which went nowhere.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

How ‘bout we invite Alberta to leave liberal Canada and become a US state?

Maybe Saskatch too.

[PLMerite]

Or as I tease my wife, who is from Wyoming, “one of them square states.”

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Also, would the Wyoming DOT want two more segments of I-25 to maintain?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

And then the combined populations could elect Stacy Abrams as mayor.

[Fightin Whitey]

I tease my wife, who is from Wyoming, “one of them square states.”

"Back in the 1940s Eric Servareid said North Dakota was a large rectangular blank spot in the nation's consciousness...."

Don't fergit about the wrecked tangles!

Not for no reason do the car tags in South Dakota read "We're 50th in Everything!"

[Albion Wilde]

[bigbob]

I know, I lived there then. Wyobraska.

[RandallFlagg]

Colorado ping.

[george76]

Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)

[GardenerForLife]

Also, would the Wyoming DOT want two more segments of I-25 to maintain?

Do you mean 85? Because I-25 doesn't run through Weld...

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Gewgle maps has Weld County’s territory covering 2 segments of I-25, one just south of Wyoming, and the other one just north of the Denver Metro.

[ThunderSleeps]

If we could get El Paso County out from under the boot heel of Denver/Boulder/Fort Collins... We have a lot of military here (multiple bases), tech workers, and then the east end of the County is ranches. Too bad the worst parts of Colorado are between us and Wyoming.

[GardenerForLife]

Oh, yea, I didn’t realize it I-25 clips the edges of Weld. I have to drive 15 miles to get to I 25 and cross into Larimer.

But Wyoming would pickup Greeley and Windsor. Not to mention all the small towns on the I-85 corridor. That’s some serious tax income right there.

One thing though, I wouldn’t be able to make fun of Wyoming drivers any more.

[TigersEye]

I don’t suppose Wyoming would be interested in Larimer county too?

[Trteamer]

The fight over water rights will be epic.