BREAKING: Weld, Other Counties Talk Secession (Yes, Really)

[madamesilverspurs]

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]

1. Fine. If they want to be the poorest and least powerful state in the union,

be my guest.

[The Magistrate]

2. I See No Reason Or Requirement They Be Admitted As a State, Ma'am

That is not up to them; it is up to the Congress.

[Robb]

3. Is the name "Dumbfuckigon" taken?

If so I have other ideas too.

[NightWatcher]

4. Douchebagistan, Assholeburg, Fuckstickia???

[niyad]

8. this from the comments section (which was VERY entertaining)

Weldizbekkabekkastan.

[Adsos Letter]

5. It does come up now and then...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_partition_proposals

EDIT: California goes through this periodically, usually over water issues.

[xmas74]

10. As does the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, along with

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]

6. Are they gonna pay for all the new flags?

[niyad]

7. and the next time weld is hit by a major tornado, when it is its own separate state, we won't be

around to help you.

[Fearless]

9. Does he know how new states are approved??