Posted on 07/12/2013 9:59:02 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
Will North Colorado become America's 51st state? That's what some residents in the Centennial State are pushing for. Representatives from eight northern counties convened Monday, CBS Denver reports, to "begin mapping the boundaries for the new state they say will represent the interests of rural Colorado." The secession movement stems from "a growing urban-rural divide," with state lawmakers in Denver passing sweeping gun control legislation and calling for more renewable energy and less oil and gas production—a big part of northern Colorado's economy. “Northern and Northeastern Colorado and our voices are being ignored in the legislative process this year, and our very way of life is under attack,” Weld County Commissioner Sean Conway told Coloradoan.com.
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I got some names ready,, Marihuanastan.. Googlia.. no?
OK, try ,,uhhh
Hey, north San Antonio is pretty conservative - let's keep it with the rest Texas, and get rid of the south side. The rest I'll agree with.
A refugee from the PRNJ who LOVES Texas and (most) Texans.
Why not trade DENVER to LA for Northern California. It would be perfect.. LA and Denver can be models of LIBERALISM, while Northern CA and CO can be models of what red states can do!!
If these folks keep making up new states,
I think we will eventually prove Obamao right.
57 states
Like Minnseapolis/St.Paul and Portlandia.
Quantum to lay off more than half of 305 employees in Colorado Springs
By Wayne Heilman Modified: July 18, 2013 at 6:43 am • Published: July 17, 2013 | 2:15 pm • 11
Quantum Corp. will lay off 170 of its 305 employees in Colorado Springs as the California-based maker of computer storage devices outsources its remaining manufacturing operations to a contractor in Alabama.
Brad Cohen, a Quantum spokesman in San Jose, said the company will complete the layoff and shift its manufacturing to Texas-based Benchmark Electronics during the next six months,. with most of the cuts coming after Jan. 1. Employees who are laid off will receive severance packages and outplacement assistance, he said.
The Quantum layoffs will further shrink an already struggling manufacturing sector in the Colorado Springs area. Manufacturing employment has declined by more than half since peaking at 26,700 in 2001 to 12,400 in May, the most recent data available. That is the fewest manufacturing workers in the area since July 1978.
http://gazette.com/quantum-to-lay-off-170-in-colorado-springs/article/1503595
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