secession.

oupa said:

Legislature can meet in "The Skate-r-bowl" Yes it was a recreation place for just what the name implies.

Seriously though... I urge everyone to consider how some things would be handled in such a transfer of power / responsibility.

State employment. There are five or six state prisons in W.MD. They employ A LOT of people. There are many other state jobs in W.MD. which are some of the most sought after jobs here. Thousands of W.MD. residents have invested decades in such jobs. How will their careers & pensions be handled?
We could continue to allow the prisons and other facilities necessary to down-state Maryland within our territory. Its not unheard of. It will have to be decided though and SHOULD BE in any proposal from the outset.

How about the many state owned properties? I think close to 1/2 of Garrett is state owned isn't it? Thousands of acres of forest, park and WMA lands in the three western most counties. SHA properties, as well as the highways themselves! Numerous offices for everything from the courts to health care facilities...

There is billions of dollars worth of facilities, equipment and jobs to be considered. IT MUST BE included in any serious proposal. Maybe it'll be easier to deal with than I anticipate but we cannot merely say we're leaving without such considerations.

I do think a serious plan should be considered. I personally like the idea of preserving the "reasonable strip" along the M-D line to make W.MD. and the shore contiguous, while excluding the (sorry guys) troublesome parts of the state. The other option being ceding W.MD to WV and the shore to VA. DE is just too disconnected from traditional ideals to be included in this deal.

BTW - It should be noted that ALL FIVE members of the BOCC in WashCo are what would be best be described in current lingo as RINO's. They are highly susceptible though to public opinion. A quite proposal made on paper with cautious interpretation of response (if any) followed by an aggressive PUBLIC announcement of intentions prior to an official in person (commissioner's meeting) proposal would be a good strategy to get them warmed up to such a (perceived) radical idea.

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ChannelCat said:

I like this verbiage. hey Eastern Shore guys and gals, what do you think? You could do it to. (Pleeaaase!! I want a truly free state near my beloved bay to move to until I retire and go to NC).... ....Heck, I might even retire to the shore if we pull this off...

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BigBossMan said:

Might as well throw Anne Arundel in there too.

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Mark75H said:

AA is pretty well a split county in several ways.

Geographically, more than half is rural and sparsely populated ... even with the densely populated north area, it is a very politically neutral county. Many of AA's "Democrats" are already DINO's and an (R) next to your name does not stop you from being elected as it does in most other counties.

Below the South River and MD 214, most people would not realize how far they drive in AA before they get to Calvert. AA does not end at MD 214! You are less than half way geographically thru the county at the point where South County, as its called locally, begins.

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sgar2600 said:

There are still a bunch of us in S. MD would be pissed if y'all in the eastern shore and western Maryland left us with the lib-tards in Annapolis/Montgomery/PG. Can't we give them away and keep MD to ourselves?

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Mike OTDP said:

This. The idea is to let MoCo, PG County, and most of DC form their own little leftist fantasy-land. Maybe take Baltimore with them, possibly even throw in parts of Virginia inside the Beltway. The rest of us can live in a civilized state.

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Oskerspap12 said:

There are only four counties that matter in Annapolis.Montgomery,P.G.,Baltimore,and Howard..................end of story.Thats where their votes come from,and thats all they care about.

D.P.Reynolds

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