Thursday, November 07, 2024

"got a problem with fire ants?" (graphic)

By R.C.
tuesday, november 5, 2024 at 08:53:55 a.m. est

"got a problem with fire ants?"

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Anonymous said...

SEVEN WHITE RURAL COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS VOTE TO SECEDE FROM COOK COUNTY--BLACK AG WON'T LET THEM.


ILLINOIS (WTVO) — The citizens of seven Illinois counties have voted to consider splitting from the state’s most populous county, Cook County, which is home to Chicago.

Each of the seven counties – Iroquois, Calhoun, Clinton, Green, Jersey, Madison and Perry – had a ballot question that read:

“Shall the board of (the county) correspond with the boards of other counties of Illinois, outside of Cook County, about the possibility of separating from Cook County to form a new state and to seek admission to the Union as such, subject to the approval of the people?”

The ballot question passed in all seven of the Illinois counties, according to local election results reviewed by NBC Chicago.

It’s not the first time that parts of the state have considered breaking off from the Chicago area. Similar measures have already passed in about two dozen other Illinois counties, reports NPR.


Illinois voters who support the referendums argue that Chicago and Cook County hold an outsized sway in policies enacted by the state legislature, and do not align with the priorities of more rural and downstate voters.


Of the seven counties that voted on the ballot measure Tuesday, four are part of the St. Louis, Missouri, metro area. Madison County is the first suburban county to join the movement and the largest so far, with a population of 265,000.

Despite the idea’s popularity, the recent batch of ballot measures aren’t likely to make any major changes.

Attorney General Kwame Raoul shot down the idea, saying, “It is my opinion that non-home-rule counties… do not have the authority to secede from the state of Illinois and join another state. Accordingly, any referendum on the issue of county secession would have no binding legal effect.”

(GRA:"We needs those tax dollars.")


Any sort of secession and new state creation would need approval from both parties and Congress.

GRA:They aren't letting Whitey go THAT easily.

-GRA

Friday, November 8, 2024 at 2:14:00 AM EST
AbolishTenure said...

Stupid Congress couldn't even rid us of Daylight Saving Time, something that actually had support all across the political spectrum and that various states had already voted for. Long-needed state border realignments (Oregon/Greater Idaho), and especially those poor folks in SW Va. who want to be part of WV, sorry, not goung to happen. As well as my dream, unburdening ourselves of NY/New England, lopping off the West Coast - all yours, Canada, in exchange for based Alberta minus Calgary, and if you sign before midnight we'll throw in Hawaii for free. And then demote Alaska back to territory status.

Friday, November 8, 2024 at 7:34:00 AM EST

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