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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING: Weld, Other Counties Talk Secession (Yes, Really)
Rural Colorado county commissioners are pursuing a plan to splinter from the state and create a new one in the aftermath of a legislative session they say runs counter to their way of life.
Laws passed this year in the Democrat-controlled Legislature enacting stricter gun control and impacting agriculture paired with attempts to expand regulation of oil and gas production to provide the tipping point, according to Sean Conway, a commissioner in Weld County, which is leading the charge to ask voters in November whether to form a new state
Conway said it would likely be a requirement that the counties are contiguous, but he said any county including some in neighboring states such as Nebraska and Kansas is welcome to pursue the option, which he concedes is extreme. . .
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http://coloradopols.com/diary/44098/breaking-weld-county-wants-to-secede-yes-really
The comments posted to the linked article are well worth reading.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)be my guest.
The Magistrate
(95,264 posts)That is not up to them; it is up to the Congress.
Robb
(39,665 posts)If so I have other ideas too.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)niyad
(113,860 posts)Weldizbekkabekkastan.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)EDIT: California goes through this periodically, usually over water issues.
xmas74
(29,676 posts)parts of Northern Wisconsin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_%28proposed_U.S._state%29
They feel they have nothing in common with the lower, heavily populated areas of the state. Difference is, this has been around since the time of Thomas Jefferson (he proposed the name Sylvania and wanted it entered into statehood) and isn't an overnight thing, compared to the Colorado bit.
I've lived in SE Wisconsin and in the UP. I'll admit it-they are very different from each other. I understand why they'd think about it in this case (and in the case of the Cali and the water issues) but the people in CO are just acting like spoiled sports.
lame54
(35,345 posts)niyad
(113,860 posts)around to help you.