Do you really think the two are the same: Demand for Telengana and South California?
On Jul 13, 2011, at 9:40 PM, Dilip Deka wrote: > Isn't this interesting? Another Telengana uprising? > > ======================================== > > > > > > 'South California' proposed as 51st state by Republican supervisor > July 11, 2011 | 2:40 pm > > > 235 > > 264 > The 51st state should be named South California, says Jeff Stone, a > Republican on the the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. But the proposed > 13 southern California counties that would split off from the Golden State > would not include Los Angeles. > Stone told the Times' Phil Willon that the ommission is intentional and is > part of a plan that would make for a new conservative Californian state. > "Los Angeles is purposely excluded because they have the same liberal > policies that Sacramento does. The last thing I want to do is create a state > that's a carbon copy of what we have now,'' Stone said. > "Los Angeles just enacted a ban on plastic grocery bags. That put three or > four manufacturers out of business,'' Stone, a pharmacist from Temecula, said. > Stone plans on formally proposing secession Tuesday during a meeting of the > Board of Supervisors. > South California would encompass Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, > Madera, Mariposa, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and > Tulare counties, totaling approximately 13 million people. > The proposed 51st state would be the fifth largest by population, more > populous than Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania. South California would take > nearly a third of the population away from California, making the Golden > State the second-largest state after Texas. > Eleven of the 13 proposed counties in South California traditionally vote > Republican, a fact noticed by California Gov. Jerry Brown's office. > "If you want to live in a Republican state with very conservative right-wing > laws, then there's a place called Arizona," Brown spokesman Gil Duran said. > ALSO: > Gov. Perry: Texas may secede from union over Obama spending > Tennessee gubernatorial candidate floats secession; rival calls him crazy > -- Tony Pierce > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
