A 51st State?

[iamjacobm]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/14/califo ... hpt=hp_bn1

A conservative county supervisor in Southern California wants to form the 51st state by seceding the region from California, saying the state's problems require "radical" solutions.

Stone has come up with a name for the new state: South California. It would be composed of 13 largely Republican counties, most of which are inland along the Nevada and Arizona state lines. The plan would exclude Los Angeles County, but would include Orange and San Diego Counties, both on the coast.

[Big E]

North Upper Bumhaven.

[justnick]

I'm pretty sure our Republic of Lakota overlords will be successful before this half brained escapade would ever get off the ground.

[OmahaJaysCU]

Lets add Long Island, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and the MI UP to make it an even 55 while they're at it...

[Omababe]

And the chance of this happening is?

[S33]

This isn't really new news as there has been over 200 or so attempts to split the state over the last century or so.

[almighty_tuna]

I say that Minard will open an amusement park in Nebraska before there is a South California.

[HuskerDave]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/14/califo ... hpt=hp_bn1

A conservative county supervisor in Southern California wants to form the 51st state by seceding the region from California, saying the state's problems require "radical" solutions.

Stone has come up with a name for the new state: South California. It would be composed of 13 largely Republican counties, most of which are inland along the Nevada and Arizona state lines. The plan would exclude Los Angeles County, but would include Orange and San Diego Counties, both on the coast.

This only seems to make news when it's conservatives proposing it - whether seriously or as a political stunt.  

Such proposals have also been made by liberals in CA, WA, OR, TX, and FL, in recent memory.

I don't think anyone takes it seriously.  Sure there's a constitutional vehicle for such things to happen, but carving a state out of another state would likely require the consent of the state legislature - thereby cutting their revenue.  That sure doesn't seem likely.

[Big E]

I say that Minard will open an amusement park in Nebraska before there is a South California.

I'll take that bet.  

Here's to eternal life:

[almighty_tuna]

You chose....poorly