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Proposal to divide California into 6 states moves step closer to voter consideration
Daily Journal ^ | 02/20/2014 | MICHAEL R. BLOOD

Posted on 02/20/2014 4:29:00 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

So.... since I live in Sonoma County, I would be in “North California”.

I have no idea if this would help or hurt me.???


41 posted on 02/20/2014 6:40:27 PM PST by Aurorales (I will not be ridiculed into silence!)
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To: MeganC

So, it’s a good idea to give those people 12 senators, rather than 2? That would reduce its reach? No thanks.


42 posted on 02/20/2014 6:44:32 PM PST by Benito Cereno
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t think the desert regions in the northern section of the proposed South California would be too happy, they should be part of Central California, although the eastern section (where I live) of Central Calif has little to no contact with the western section of central part due to the 14,000 Sierra Nevada forming a huge fence (with only two road crossings, open in Summer only) between the two areas. Totally different cultures.


43 posted on 02/20/2014 6:51:03 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (NRA)
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To: Benito Cereno

I say let’s make every zip code a state and be done with it. The rise in the number of senators, congressmen, and staffers would solve the unemployment problem.


44 posted on 02/20/2014 6:52:00 PM PST by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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To: SeekAndFind

BOY!!!!!!

‘They’ will go to ANY lengths to make BO’s 57 states statement a truth, not a boneheaded statement by a bonehead.


45 posted on 02/20/2014 6:59:35 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 --When you have them by the short hairs, the minds and hearts soon follow.)
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46 posted on 02/20/2014 6:59:50 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant
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To: UnwashedPeasant

3 regions are blue
3 are mixed red/blue


47 posted on 02/20/2014 7:01:18 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant
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To: svcw

One (maybe two) of the new states would be conservative. The rest would elect Boxer clones.

This is a terrible idea.


48 posted on 02/20/2014 7:06:00 PM PST by Redcloak (Was that the primary buffer panel?)
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To: AZLiberty

The rise in the number of senators, congressmen, and staffers would solve the unemployment problem.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Not really an unreasonable theory...

Remember, the oBummerCare forced a lot of companies to drop to under 30 hours, next they will raise the work week from 40 to 50 hours a week, and with the companies hiring TWO complete shifts, the unemployment rate should drop considerably.

Someone made an excellent point the other day.

The maladministration is claiming that the work force has recovered from the ‘massive recession’ and the number of ‘workers’ is back where it was 5 years ago.

Ok, say this is true —— IF IT IS, wouldn’t that mean the unemployment rate would STILL be the same as it was 5 years ago, yet they are claiming the % is almost half what it was 5 years ago.

It continues to get more ‘cornfusing’ every day.


49 posted on 02/20/2014 7:08:54 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98 --When you have them by the short hairs, the minds and hearts soon follow.)
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To: Redcloak

CA is not as liberal as it seems.
Silicon Valley houses most liberals and they would be corralled together.
I am totally on board with this move


50 posted on 02/20/2014 7:14:49 PM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: SeekAndFind

And give them Twelve Senators????


51 posted on 02/20/2014 7:39:17 PM PST by NonValueAdded (It's not the penalty, it's the lack of coverage on 1 Jan. Think about it.)
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To: trapped_in_LA

All that you say and don’t forget the big question...WATER...NoCal has it....SoCal not so much.


52 posted on 02/20/2014 7:53:46 PM PST by Conservative4Ever (waiting for my Magic 8 ball to give me an answer)
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To: SeekAndFind

So 2 conservative senators and 8 liberal..no thanks.


53 posted on 02/20/2014 8:14:55 PM PST by enduserindy (A painted trash can is still a trash can.)
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To: MeganC; All

This would mean 2 conservative senators and most likely 8 liberals. No thank you.


54 posted on 02/20/2014 8:15:58 PM PST by enduserindy (A painted trash can is still a trash can.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Interesting splits. I’d be quite interested in projected voting patterns. I’m assuming that They’ve made sure enough large cities are in each region to keep them all democrat.


55 posted on 02/21/2014 7:46:55 AM PST by zeugma (Is it evil of me to teach my bird to say "here kitty, kitty"?)
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To: SeekAndFind
Actually, this proposal is quite good, but the details are all wrong. First, as the proposed map is drawn, there is a likelihood that there would be an increase in liberal states.

Better than this would be THREE states, one of which has already been proposed, the state of Jefferson in the far north, and would likely include every county to the north of Sacramento.

The second reasonable state would be south of Sacramento inland of the coast range of mountains to the Nevada/Arizona border.

The third, which for purposes of calling it liberal paradise, could retain the name California, and be the harrow, ultra-liberal strip of land from north of the Orange County line (Including all of the LA Basin) through Marin county to the north of the Gay Bay, and would include Sacramento County.

That would make four new senators, most likely conservative and would move at about half of Ca's electors in presidential elections into the red column.

56 posted on 02/21/2014 9:41:09 AM PST by fantail 1952 (Common sense policy: Help your friends. Whip your enemies. Sort out the rest later.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Has anyone figured out how this would play out with Electoral votes? As things stand now, California’s 55 votes are in the Democrat column right from the get-go. I would have to think that this plan would peel some of them off, even taking into an account a possible net increase in Dem senators.

If anyone has actually run the numbers (based, I presume, on 2012 results) I’d love to see it.


57 posted on 02/21/2014 11:25:05 AM PST by bus man (Loose Lips Sink Ships)
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To: cripplecreek

It worked so well for us when W created DHS out of thin air.


58 posted on 02/21/2014 11:33:50 AM PST by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
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To: svcw

You’re not looking at how these proposed states are gerrymandered. All but one will be dominated by a large, liberal city. This is nothing more than a plan to give the Democrat Party and the public employees’ unions 10 more US Senators.


59 posted on 02/22/2014 12:38:20 AM PST by Redcloak (Was that the primary buffer panel?)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Riverside and Orange counties are very conservative.
I seen other blue red maps that show CA nearly all red except for SF, Sacramento and the city of LA.


60 posted on 02/22/2014 1:34:56 PM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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