Oh look, another liberal state on the West Coast is falling apart.
Literally.
Yezzur, rural Oregonians have had it with the liberal politics and the high taxes that come along with living in the state. They no longer want to be part of the Portlandia episode, and I can't blame them.
Thirteen fed-up counties in liberal Oregon have voted in support of measures to start negotiations to secede from the state and join conservative Idaho.
Crook County became the latest to approve the 'Greater Idaho Measure' following a vote on Tuesday.
The proposal seeks to move the Oregon border 200 miles to the west, meaning that 14 counties and several partial counties would fall under Idaho state lines.
Organizers behind the Greater Idaho movement say east Oregonians are being alienated by the state's progressive policies which they blame for high crime rates.
They claim a move to Idaho would allow residents to take advantage of lower taxation and provide better representation and governance …
Measure 7-86, as it was known, passed by 53 percent in Crook County in the latest boost to the Greater Idaho campaign.
However, the vote is not legislatively binding and just means residents are in favor of informing state and federal representatives that they support negotiations to annex part of Oregon.
Yeah man, this is quite the popular movement, too. It's been echoed in Texas, Illinois, Colorado, and Oregon's neighbor, California.
Getting back to Oregon, here's what GreaterIdaho.org has to say on their website:
Counties can become a part of Idaho. State lines have been relocated many times in American history because it just takes an interstate compact between two state legislatures and approval of Congress.
If the United States were governed as a single state, we wouldn't have the opportunity for state governance to vary according to the culture of a local area. The purpose of having state lines is to allow this variance. The Oregon/Idaho line was established 163 years ago and is now outdated. It makes no sense in its current location because it doesn't match the location of the cultural divide in Oregon. The Oregon/Washington line was updated in 1958. It's time to move other state lines.
This would equate to about 63% of Oregon's land becoming Idaho, which is just beautiful if you ask me.
There has never been a better time to divorce the red from the blue in this country. If the blue capital cities want to spread their nonsense liberal policies, let the policies apply to those who want them. The rest of us can leave and join a state that has us in mind.
Even though this divorce isn't happening anytime soon, Greater Idaho is getting pretty anxious to leave.
‘The voters of eastern Oregon have spoken loudly and clearly about their desire to see border talks move forward,' Greater Idaho Executive Director Matt McCaw said.
'With this latest result in Crook County, there's no excuse left for the Legislature and Governor to continue to ignore the people's wishes.
'We call on the Governor, Speaker of the House, and Senate President to sit down with us and discuss next steps towards changing governance for eastern Oregonians, as well as for the legislature to begin holding hearings on what a potential border change will look like.'
'For the last three years we've been going directly to voters and asking them what they want for their state government,' President Mike McCarter added.
'What they're telling us through these votes is that they want their leaders to move the border.
'In our system, the people are the ones in charge, and it's time for the leaders representing them to follow through.'
Alright, Eastern Washington, you're next!
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