Posted on 09/12/2013 6:18:55 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
"The entire state is controlled basically by three jurisdictions," Strzelczyk said. "That's not representative government. ... We don't think this government can be fixed."
The solution? Form your own state.
I guess that's easier than a voter registration drive.
Strzelczyk's group believes the people of Western Maryland are fed up with Democratic dominance and they want Garrett, Allegany, Washington, Frederick and Carroll counties to break away and form a new state, perhaps called West Maryland.
According to a blog that he writes, Strzelczyk is "a constitutionalist concerned with the legitimate role of the federal government and the infringement of our unalienable rights to life, liberty, and property." He is a software consultant, conservative activist and father of five children. He's 49 and lives in New Windsor, which is a lovely place in Carroll County. I don't know why anyone who lives in New Windsor would complain about anything, but Strzelczyk has a lot of gripes about life in Maryland.
He ran through his list for me, and they were familiar:
The Democrats rigged the 6th Congressional district with a big chunk of liberal Montgomery County to guarantee the election last fall of John Delaney, depriving Western Maryland voters of an 11th term of representation by the 86-year-old Roscoe Bartlett of Buckeystown.
The "flush tax," which helps pay for improvements to wastewater systems to protect the Chesapeake Bay.
Sales taxes.
Gasoline taxes.
The regulation of new housing and septic systems. That's part of the so-called "war against rural Maryland," with Democrats in Annapolis devilishly devising all kinds of limits on farms and the development of land.
(Excerpt) Read more at articles.baltimoresun.com ...
I don't like the idea of secession. Why not just expel Baltimore City, Montgomery Co, and Prince Georges Co. Let them join the district of Columbia!
Out of the frying pan and into the fire? Although population centers of Morgantown, Wheeling, Huntington, Charleston and Parkersburg, would not dominate Maryland's Western counties in the same manner as Bawlmer and the three major corridor counties currently do. In addition, the Eastern Shore could join up with Delaware.
A major problem is that the voting districts have been so gerrymandered, esp. congressional, that the "loyal opposition" doesn't stand a chance.
Repeal the 17th Amendment! And, no, I'm not joking.
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