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YES...Divide California!
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | June 2, 1998 | By Columist JOHN KING

Posted on 04/07/2004 12:18:41 PM PDT by Bill Hutton III

... " It's Time To Divide California 4-state plan would bring politics closer to home

CALIFORNIA -- As this political season draws to a welcome close, only one clear message has emerged from this virtual campaign:

Enough already.

The problem isn't just the latest batch of dreary candidates and deceptive propositions. It's bigger than that -- as big as the sprawling state of California and its 33 million inhabitants.

Let's get straight to the point: California is too big to be governable, too big for its residents to feel any connection with the state government that oversees their lives. So make a clean break with the past and chop California into three states, maybe four...."

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: US: California
KEYWORDS: 51ststate; 52ndstate; 53rdstate; california
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...an old clipping, but even more relevant today.

I am sick of the SF Bay Area liberals and would be happy to see them cecede into their own little utopia and just leave the rest of us alone.

Here's proposal for 6 new states:

NEW County Population
ALTA Santa Clara County 1,682,585
ALTA Alameda County 1,443,741
ALTA Contra Costa County 948,816
ALTA San Francisco County 776,733
ALTA San Mateo County 707,161
ALTA Sonoma County 458,614
ALTA Solano County 394,542
ALTA Santa Cruz County 255,602
ALTA Marin County 247,289
ALTA Napa County 124,279
7,039,362

NORTH Sacramento County 1,223,499
NORTH San Joaquin County 563,598
NORTH Stanislaus County 446,997
NORTH Placer County 248,399
NORTH Butte County 203,171
NORTH Yolo County 168,660
NORTH Shasta County 163,256
NORTH El Dorado County 156,299
NORTH Humboldt County 126,518
NORTH Nevada County 92,033
NORTH Mendocino County 86,265
NORTH Sutter County 78,930
NORTH Yuba County 60,219
NORTH Lake County 58,309
NORTH Tehama County 56,039
NORTH Tuolumne County 54,501
NORTH Siskiyou County 44,301
NORTH Calaveras County 40,554
NORTH Amador County 35,100
NORTH Lassen County 33,828
NORTH Del Norte County 27,507
NORTH Glenn County 26,453
NORTH Plumas County 20,824
NORTH Colusa County 18,804
NORTH Mariposa County 17,130
NORTH Trinity County 13,022
NORTH Mono County 12,853
NORTH Modoc County 9,449
NORTH Sierra County 3,555
NORTH Alpine County 1,208
4,091,281

CENT Fresno County 799,407
CENT Ventura County 753,197
CENT Kern County 661,645
CENT Monterey County 401,762
CENT Santa Barbara County 399,347
CENT Tulare County 368,021
CENT San Luis Obispo County 246,681
CENT Merced County 210,554
CENT Kings County 129,461
CENT Madera County 123,109
CENT San Benito County 53,234
4,146,418

INLAND San Bernardino County 1,709,434
INLAND Riverside County 1,545,387
INLAND Imperial County 142,361
INLAND Inyo County 17,945
3,415,127

SOCAL Orange County 2,846,289
SOCAL San Diego County 2,813,833
5,660,122

LA-CAL Los Angeles County 9,519,338

Summary:

State Population Capital
1 ALTA-CALIF 7,039,362 San Jose
2 NORTH-CALIF 4,091,281 Sacramento
3 CENTRAL-CALIF 4,146,418 Monterey
4 INLAND-CALIF 3,415,127 Redlands
5 LA-CALIF 9,519,338 Pasadena
6 SOUTH-CALIF 5,660,122 Oceanside

1 posted on 04/07/2004 12:18:41 PM PDT by Bill Hutton III
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To: Bill Hutton III
Dream on.


Welcome to Free Republic.
2 posted on 04/07/2004 12:20:49 PM PDT by EggsAckley (.......John Kerry suffers from delusions of adequacy........)
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To: Bill Hutton III
Sure.

Or just slice off the coast, leave the rest. One tight little liberal insane state, one vast conservative sane one.

And a big, big fence between the two, with de-lousing chambers.

Dan
3 posted on 04/07/2004 12:23:32 PM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: Bill Hutton III
Hmmm... 2 Blue States and 4 Red States... gotta like it.
4 posted on 04/07/2004 12:23:55 PM PDT by So Cal Rocket (If consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds, John F. Kerry’s mind must be freaking enormous)
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To: EggsAckley
Hey, I'd take it. As long as Southern California (OC and SD) would be a monarchy and I could be a Duke or something.
5 posted on 04/07/2004 12:23:56 PM PDT by socal_parrot
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To: Bill Hutton III
Yeah...the rest of the country will be happy to have that many more Senators from California in Washington.

Let's hive off NYC so Jerry Nadler and Charlie Rangel can be senators too!

6 posted on 04/07/2004 12:23:56 PM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Don't blame me. I voted for Sharpton.)
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7 posted on 04/07/2004 12:24:25 PM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: Bill Hutton III
I like the idea of chipping a section off and set it adrift.
8 posted on 04/07/2004 12:24:46 PM PDT by bmwcyle (<a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/" target="_blank">miserable failure)
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To: Bill Hutton III
1998?
9 posted on 04/07/2004 12:25:34 PM PDT by socal_parrot
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To: socal_parrot
How presumptious of you! I, of course, am the natural GRAND WA-ZEER for the Southern kingdom. Down, peon!!
10 posted on 04/07/2004 12:26:12 PM PDT by EggsAckley (.......John Kerry suffers from delusions of adequacy........)
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To: Bill Hutton III
I think less has to made of how it would be divided and more made of how to get it through. I think a similar measure seperating NYC from NYS would be an easier first step.
11 posted on 04/07/2004 12:26:57 PM PDT by blanknoone (New sign for the White House front door: "No Shoes, No Entry....and flip flops are not shoes.")
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To: Bill Hutton III
Inyo should be with "North" on your chart. It has nothing in common with the other counties under "Inland."
12 posted on 04/07/2004 12:29:42 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (Proud member of P.O.O.P., People Offended by Offended People.)
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To: Bill Hutton III
 *   Welcome to FreeRepublic 

13 posted on 04/07/2004 12:32:34 PM PDT by Eala (Sacrificing tagline fame for... TRAD ANGLICAN RESOURCE PAGE: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican)
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To: EggsAckley
I prefer to wait for the San Andreas fault to let go and dump San Francisco into the Pacific Ocean and set fire to Los Angeles. Problem solved -- by an "act of God".
14 posted on 04/07/2004 12:35:34 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: BibChr
One good earthquake is all it'll take........
15 posted on 04/07/2004 12:52:12 PM PDT by Viking2002
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To: socal_parrot
There is only one monarch in California!

Norton the First, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico!

God Save the Emperor Norton!

http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/norton.html
16 posted on 04/07/2004 12:53:25 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Just once I'd like to meet an alien menace that wasn't immune to bullets!!!)
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To: Bill Hutton III
Sounds resonable, with execption that Fresno would have to be the capital of the central portion.

Any plan to divide the state would be welcome to the valley because we get outshouted by the LA and bay area continually.
17 posted on 04/07/2004 12:55:26 PM PDT by gracie1 (Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket?)
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To: GreenLanternCorps
Norton I was way ahead of his time...

I have two things over Norton I, I'm not dead and I'm not crazy...And neither am I!

18 posted on 04/07/2004 1:02:27 PM PDT by socal_parrot
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To: Bill Hutton III
Re-running the 2000 election gives the following results for the 6 states of California:

ALTA CA (10 Electoral Votes) - Gore: 1,599,000 votes, Bush 730,000 votes
NORTH CA (7 Electoral Votes)- Gore: 719,000 votes, Bush 818,000 votes
CENTRAL CA (7 Electoral Votes)- Gore: 567,000 votes, Bush 653,000 votes
INLAND CA (5 Electoral Votes) - Gore: 436,000 votes, Bush 471,000 votes
SOUTH CA (9 Electoral Votes)- Gore: 830,000 votes, Bush 1,017,000 votes
LA CA (16 Electoral Votes)- Gore 1,711,000 votes Bush 872,000 votes

Total National Electoral Votes: Bush 299, Gore 238.

19 posted on 04/07/2004 1:07:57 PM PDT by So Cal Rocket (If consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds, John F. Kerry’s mind must be freaking enormous)
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To: Bill Hutton III
So make a clean break with the past and chop California into three states, maybe four...."

Just what we need. Eight Democrat Senators from California instead of two.

If you think new divisions will yields some Republican states, just wait 10 years.

20 posted on 04/07/2004 1:10:10 PM PDT by Polybius
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