I have to say that I like this move:
Thirteen fed-up counties in liberal Oregon have voted in support of measures to start negotiations to secede from the state and join conservative Idaho.
The proposal seeks to move the Oregon border 200 miles to the west, meaning that 14 counties and several partial counties would fall under Idaho state lines.
Here’s what the redrawn boundaries would look like:
I have no idea how all this would work, but it sure beats back the tired old “If you don’t like it here, then leave” trope, to be replaced with “Sure we’ll leave, but we’re going to take all that farmland and our tax dollars with us”.
Needless to say, the Washgov (not to mention the feddle gov) is going to fight against this tooth and nail.
Get to it, guys, and git ‘er done.