51th states?????

[nmbluesky]

No joke, say Pima County Dems who want split from 'un-American' part of Grand Canyon State
Paul Eckerstrom says he wants to restore the region's credibility as a place that is welcoming to others. He and fellow Tucson attorney Peter Hormel have formed a political committee called Start Our State to explore process of making Pima County a separate state.
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The mood of frustration has been "been building for the last couple of years," Eckerstrom said in an interview Tuesday with MSNBC's Tamron Hall. "A lot of folks down here have been very, very frustrated with the extremist policies coming out of our state Legislature.”
Anti-immigration bills, education cuts and attempts by conservative lawmakers to "nullify" federal laws prompted the secessionist movement.
Start Our State lists its mission as: "To establish a new state in Southern Arizona free of the un-American, unconstitutional machinations of the Arizona legislature and to restore our region’s credibility as a place welcoming to others, open to commerce, and friendly to its neighbors."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41858048/ns/us_news-life/

[LiberalAndProud]

1. I could so get behind this idea.

I'd vote to divorce the other counties in my state if this could be possible.

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2. E. coli found on 50 percent of shopping carts?

Ewwww... that's disgusting!!!

[Roselma]

3. My niece and her husband live in Tucson and

say they aren't joking that many of the locals would like to break away from the state, even though there will be fiscal fallout. I don't think this will go anywhere, but they stress that there are just two different belief systems. Many of the people in the Tucson area are proud American citizens and seriously want to follow US federal laws (particularly in the area of immigration). This is not a "secessionist" movement in that they wish to still remain in the USA, they just don't want to remain a part of Arizona. They say that the population in the county is greater than that of Alaska, Wyoming, Vermont, and North Dakota. Certainly they have sufficient population to actually be a state.

[Confusious]

6. Won't happen

Northern California has been trying to split for years. I could be wrong, I am quite a bit, but I don't see it happening. Most people don't care.

Considering other states, I think our embarrassment ranks in the lower 3rd. South Carolina Ranks tops in my book. The entire south is higher.

It would be nice to have some Demo senators though. That's probably THE number one reason it won't happen.

[old mark]

4. K&R- You go, Baja Arizona!

But watch out for them shopping carts.

mark

[bluestateguy]

5. 2 more Democratic Senators

I'm thinking Senator Gabby Giffords.

[Confusious]

7. I'm thinking it WON'T happen for that exact reason.

I would rather have someone else then a blue dog, even if she is my rep.

[zaj]

8. It won't ever happen because...

... it requires the approval of both the state and federal legislatures.

Dead end.