Why should people have to be governed by people they don't like? ** -- ryno hoo 11/17/2020 2:36PM Well, then, that's why you're allowed to move somewhere else -- Oregon Hoo 11/17/2020 2:45PM Why would you want to fight this if you're in Salem? -- Faz d. Hoo 11/17/2020 3:48PM By that logic we would have about 3,000 U.S. states by now ** -- Oregon Hoo 11/17/2020 4:02PM We're still talking about two Oregonian counties that want to join Idaho, -- Faz d. Hoo 11/17/2020 4:09PM No, but it might add an electoral vote or two in the R column. Not sure. ** -- SixerHoo 11/17/2020 4:20PM Huh? It is maybe 60,000 people out of 4+ million. ** -- Faz d. Hoo 11/17/2020 4:27PM Okay. Didn’t know the numbers. ** -- SixerHoo 11/17/2020 4:30PM If we made accommodations for anytime some fringe voters -- Oregon Hoo 11/17/2020 4:14PM If that rigid thinking held, I would be living in DC right now, not VA. -- Faz d. Hoo 11/17/2020 4:24PM I'm sure you know that annexation by a city is quite different than -- Seattle .Hoo 11/17/2020 4:29PM Uh, VA annexed Arlington and Alexandria. ** -- Faz d. Hoo 11/17/2020 4:31PM That was called retrocession. VA had ceded that land to the federal govt in -- SixerHoo 11/17/2020 4:38PM OK I got the verb wrong, but the broader point remains -- Faz d. Hoo 11/17/2020 4:41PM It has been tried recently with predictable results. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 11/17/2020 4:45PM Were they a part of DC? Is DC a state? Who decided? Do you think that -- Seattle .Hoo 11/17/2020 4:35PM ALX/ARL were part of DC, but they petitioned Congress and Congress agreed. -- Faz d. Hoo 11/17/2020 4:40PM See Article IV, section 3. DC was obviously a different animal. -- Seattle .Hoo 11/17/2020 4:43PM Uh, that's exactly what I'm saying. -- Faz d. Hoo 11/17/2020 4:51PM Would all parties consent? The answer is no. -- Seattle .Hoo 11/17/2020 4:56PM Would you mind sharing your knowledge of why the answer is no? ** -- Faz d. Hoo 11/17/2020 5:35PM I should modify my answer below. I was looking at the map in the article of -- Seattle .Hoo 11/17/2020 7:25PM From a practical aspect how are you going to get the Oregon legislature to -- Seattle .Hoo 11/17/2020 7:11PM Long time ago, very different reasons ** -- Oregon Hoo 11/17/2020 4:33PM That's not a serious question is it? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 11/17/2020 3:53PM Well, it's why we gave Trump the boot. So there are ways to address it. For -- Seattle .Hoo 11/17/2020 2:44PM