is there a procedure to remove a county or counties from the state?

[safecracker]

Better idea: grant statehood to D.C., then Maryland cedes Montgomery & Prince George counties. D.C gets what they want and we loose a significant burden and maybe even become the Free State once again!

BAD IDEA.

DC statehood means two more Democratic US Senators, a Democratic Representative, and another Democratic Governor.

 

[Celtic159]

Not to mention that us upper MoCo folks want nothing to do with the downcounty idiots.

 

[Bagpiperer]

...there's a procedure for removing politicians from office...u could start with that...

Yep, vote 'em out in the primaries. With the rain tax, the backroom deals over the prison scandal hearings...

However, I don't know what the ground game looks like in those places. We will likely need to reach across the aisle to long-time lib-progs and capitalize on their disgust with the Democratic machine in Maryland.

 

[Watchmyshoes]

It sure is a lot of hate on this forum for PG county

 

[T'Challa]

It sure is a lot of hate on this forum for PG county

Yep. There is hate on the channel for Baltimore City and D.C. too. smh.

 

[T'Challa]

What about the precedence of some southern cities that never formally rejoined the union until WWII? They were officially and formally outside the Union for 80 years.

Name the cities.

 

[6-Pack]

How about the State of West Maryland or the State of Carroll? Granted, there are many obstacles to overcome, but I would support it!

 

[Braxtonian]

False. The Supreme Court ruled that secession from the union was illegal and invalid. No state actually seceded, or has the right to secede from the union

Can't remember the case name, but I recall reading about it.

This is true, but history also contradicts itself. If Virginia never actually seceded, then west virginia couldn't secede from it and rejoin the north either, therefor there is no such state as west virginia.

 

[Glock30Eric]

False. The Supreme Court ruled that secession from the union was illegal and invalid. No state actually seceded, or has the right to secede from the union

Can't remember the case name, but I recall reading about it.

Not quite. Texas did seceded from the union and that is why it has a star on their flag.

We couldn't dump those counties but we ALWAYS can secede from those counties.

I don't expect it will be done without a blood pouring on the street. I am all up for that. I have enough of the overbearings from those counties.

 

[Glock30Eric]

BAD IDEA.

DC statehood means two more Democratic US Senators, a Democratic Representative, and another Democratic Governor.

It means nothing actually. They will collapse to themselves like with Detriot right now. It is far better to secedee those counties rather than to collapse with them.

 

[dapefley]

It can in fact go directly to hell if we are not very careful

That's 3 directions.

I think he meant that going left in all reality, means going to hell.

 

[Streetgang]

BAD IDEA.

DC statehood means two more Democratic US Senators, a Democratic Representative, and another Democratic Governor.

True, but that would allow MD to replace Cardin and the Troll with two Republican Senators and shift more reps to the conservative side....

Then again...this still would be MD..nevermind.

 

[Mike OTDP]

I think the key might be to get the General Assembly to vote a formal breakup. Which is not impossible, the Left can have their fantasy-land without ANY objection from anyone outside the I-95 axis. We sell them on that idea.

And the U.S. Constutition does allow for states to exchange territory.

The way I see this playing out is for a formal proposal with the following terms:
1. The borders of the District of Columbia are redrawn to exclude the purely residential areas. The residential areas are ceded back to Maryland
2. The state of Maryland shall hold a county-by-county vote of division. We'll avoid the "S" word. This is an amicable division of a political arrangement that makes nobody happy. The I-95 axis becomes a state. Probably with 5-6 Congressional seats.
(2a - the vote is by precincts. To the greatest degree possible, precinct votes will be honored. This will result in the redrawing of some county lines)
3. The rest of the state becomes one or more Federal Territories. They may organize themselves as a state (probably difficult due to geographic separation), or join other states. That decision will be made on a county-by-county basis.

Result: Everybody is happy!

 

[rambling_one]

i think most of maryland would happily give away baltimore city and PG county

Hey now...that's discrimination!

Actually, there was a move by a Bowie resident to have the city annexed by AA County. It went no where.

 

[rambling_one]

Didn't Schaefer at one time talk about absorbing DC? Something about being able to better control crime along the PG / DC border...

Ah, here it is: http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1990/G...-and-D-C-/id-f078881ae9f1f39997471b18a7d04547

Now, we would like to give PG to DC.

Donald also thought (subliminally of course) that it would be best if someone annexed the "Out house of Maryland"; i.e., eastern shore...politics being too "radical" for his liking.