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Tucson Wants to Secede from Extremist Arizona

 
51st state to be called Baja Arizona
TUCSON, AZ – Some southern Arizonans are joining forces to push for the creation of a 51st state carved out of Pima County. The new state would be called Baja Arizona.
“I think once you take a step back and think about it, it starts to make more and more sense,” said co-founder of “Start Our State”, Peter Hormel.
Organizers acknowledge there are big hurdles in creating Baja Arizona. They must first get on the ballot, then get approval from the Legislature or from state voters to allow the break off.
A new state constitution would have to be drafted and approved, plus they’d have to get the OK from Congress and the president.

Start Our State co-chairman Paul Eckerstrom tells the Arizona Daily Star at a minimum the drive to create a 51st state sends a message that Pima County doesn’t go along with priorities being outlined in Phoenix.
Hormel tells ABC15 the group thought something had to be done.
“I and some other people finally got so frustrated with what’s happening in Phoenix that we felt obligated to do something about it,” he said.
Start Our State already has a Facebook page showing what Baja Arizona would look like.
Meantime some, like Republican Pima County State Rep. Vic Williams, have taken a more light-hearted approach to the movement. In a sarcastic tone he told ABC15 he would like all the Democrats in his area to make their own state.
“If somehow we can get them to secede and become their own state I would certainly take it seriously,” said Williams.

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Status: Current
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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Kinney, Minnesota

Kinney, Minnesota
—  City  —
Location of Kinney, Minnesota
Coordinates: 47°30′52″N 92°43′54″W
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	St. Louis
Area
- Total	4.8 sq mi (12.6 km2)
- Land	4.6 sq mi (11.8 km2)
- Water	0.3 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Elevation	1,542 ft (470 m)
Population (2010)[1]
- Total	169
- Density	43.6/sq mi (16.8/km2)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
FIPS code	27-33416[2]
GNIS feature ID	0661645[3]

The town of Kinney, Minnesota faced a failing water system that required $186,000 to fix. After struggling through paperwork for federal and state grants, they got so frustrated that they figured it would be easier to secede.

This is just the order form to get the application for the proper forms to fill out.

The town sent a letter to the US Secretary of State announcing they were seceding and declaring war on the United States, as foreign aid required less paperwork. The letter requested a quick resolution to the war, as the town council members had jobs to do.

While they never broke away, and it was largely tongue-in-cheek, they did get the “foreign aid” they wanted from the government and various individuals, including a new police car, pizza sausage mix and just under $200,000 in grant money. They continue to sell “passports” to stupid tourists to this day.

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Martha’s Vineyard & Nantucket secede when proportional representation takes away voting privilege.

Both islands, which are playgrounds of the rich in the summer, considered joining other states or seceding from America altogether when their small populations no longer warranted having separate state representation. One man, one vote may work for the little people, but when the average CEO makes 500 times his average employee, they felt that this should be represented in the state legislature as well.

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