Democrat misrule in Illinois spurs secession movement in rural counties | Eastern North Carolina Now

like the Greater Idaho movement in Washington state

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As a major secession movement, called the Greater Idaho Movement gathers steam among rural counties in Oregon, infuriated with the liberal crap imposed on them by the liberal coastal counties, another such movement is being kicked off in rural Illinois.  Rural southern Illinois is outraged by the policies imposed on them from the Chicago-dominnated state government.  Many rural citizens want to either divid the state into two or to have the rural southern counties join Indiana instead.

Led by a group called Illinois Separation Referndum and another called New Illinois State, 33 counties have now held referenda on leaving Illinois,. It has passed handily in all 33, with the  average Yes vote at 74%.  While largely a grassroots movement, it has attracted support from many local government leaders.  In fact, in 24 of the 33 counties, it was the county board itself that put the separation referendum on the ballot.

Many advocates of leaving Illinois want to create a complete new state to be called New Illinois, while others favor joining neighboring Indiana.  The Speaker of Indiana's state House of Representatives, Todd Huston has encouraged the disgruntled counties to join his own state.  A bill has been introduced to create a Boundary Commission in Indiana to explore expanding the state's boundaries to take in disgruntled counties from Illinois.

While almost all of the counties which have passed resolutions to separate from Illinois are in the southern part of the state, Iowa is also putting forward a proposal to attract rural counties in nothern Illinois to join Iowa.

A slogan of the secession movement is "Leave Illinois without moving"

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14293995/rural-midwest-counties-secede-failed-blue-state.html

https://greateridaho.org/


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( January 19th, 2025 @ 4:58 pm )
 
"Right side of history"??? Curious how the modern American far left rehashs the old Soviet slogan "History is on our side". History, however is factual. It has no side.

And as to West Virginia, citizens in that area had a free choice in 1861 when the citizens of the state voted on seceeding from the United States. At that time, everyone could vote and no one was off in the army or refugees from northern occupation. At that time, most of the counties later organized into West Virginia voted FOR secession from the Union.

ANd with your Marxist bent, I wonder why you do not follow Karl Marx's assessment of the War Between the States: "the war is not about slavery; it is a war of economic subjugation by the north against the south."
Big Bob said:
( January 19th, 2025 @ 9:48 am )
 
These “movements” have always been around. The internet just amplifies it. However it does remind me of WV. Those counties broke away from Virginia to avoid sedition and slavery to fight with the North.
Clearly they were on the right side of history
( January 19th, 2025 @ 2:04 pm )
 
Illinois and Oregan are prime examples of how WOKE cannot effectively govern. California is another.
Van Zant said:
( January 19th, 2025 @ 9:22 am )
 
What a nightmare for people of sane rural Illinois and sane rural Oregon counties to be dominated by the insanity coming out of Chicago and Portland. We here in eastern Carolina are also feeling that more and more in a state dominated by Raleigh/Durham, Charlotte and Greensboro. If need be, where could we even try to go?
( January 18th, 2025 @ 8:26 pm )
 
The Separation Movement of Counties is growing now that it is well understood that Democratic Socialists cannot or will NOT govern with a modicum of intelligence at the local level.

I have spoken to many county commissioners from states, where their counties are subservient to the dictates of Democratic Socialists Dingbats, and who are NOT qualified to govern or lead, are mostly ready to secede to other far better governed Red States.

Is it any wonder that these counties wish to join the state next door, like the states of Washington's and Oregon's eastern counties now begging to secede to Idaho for example?
( January 18th, 2025 @ 7:09 pm )
 
If a county is on the type of crazy train that Illinois or Oregon is today, trying to get off makes a lot of sense, but it is extremely difficult. Both states have to agree, and the state losing the tax base is likely to say no.
Big Bob said:
( January 18th, 2025 @ 5:40 pm )
 
Amplified crazy.



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