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Could California be split up into 6 states?
Billionaire Wants To Break Up California Into 6 States.
http://sourcefed.com/billionaire-wan...into-6-states/ Silicon Valley enthusiast, and venture capitalist Tom Draper is known for backing incredible companies such as Hotmail, Tesla Motors, and Skype. Now he’s backing a new proposal: Breaking up California into 6 separate states. Draper feels a large state such as California would be better served by smaller governments. Roger Salazar, a spokesmen for the campaign stated: “It’s important because it will help us create a more responsive, more innovative and more local government, and that ultimately will end up being better for all of Californians. The idea … is to create six states with responsive local governments – states that are more representative and accountable to their constituents.” The campaign has gathered over 800,000 signatures needed to place the measure onto the November 2016 ballot, but opponents say that it has little chance making it past both the voters and Congress. Steven Maviglio, a Democratic political strategist who has formed the group OneCalifornia with GOP strategist Joe Rodota to fight Draper’s plan stated: “This is a colossal and divisive waste of time, energy, and money that will hurt the California brand. It has zero chance of passage. But what it does is scare investment away… at a time when the Governor is leading us to an economic comeback.” Draper’s plan splits the world’s eighth-largest economy along geographic lines creating the states. Silicon Valley would include the valley along with the San Francisco Bay Area, Jefferson would encompass the northernmost region, North California would encompass the state capital of Sacramento, while South California would be made up of San Diego and the eastern suburbs of Los Angeles. Los Angeles would be part of a state called West California. Central California would take Fresno, Bakersfield, and Stockton and would also be the largest of the six. |
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07-16-2014, 01:23 PM | #107 |
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We need a what state would you most like to live in poll.
I bet neither California or Kansas win.
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07-16-2014, 01:24 PM | #108 |
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On the coast in Northern Cali the land here is the best.
It almost never gets bellow 40deg and it rarely reaches the 90's. We don't have seasons and I drive a conv miata year round. Beach is 3min walk away and the mountains/Redwood forest is a 3min walk in the other direction. I never water my lawn and it stays green year round. No big chain store like Home depot, best buy etc. in a 200 mile radius. We finally got a small walmart in the back of the mall and I've been there once(Walmart was not welcome in this community). The economy is much better vs other regions I've lived. Humboldt County, CA is prob one of the best places to live in the USA. |
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07-16-2014, 01:29 PM | #117 |
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07-16-2014, 01:31 PM | #119 |
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I like the idea of Hawaii, but worry I'd get a little claustrophobic so far from the main land. I wish Colorado had some coastline.
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