{"id":10447,"date":"2011-07-14T14:32:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T18:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=10447"},"modified":"2011-07-14T14:33:05","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T18:33:05","slug":"13-california-counties-petition-to-secede-from-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/10447\/13-california-counties-petition-to-secede-from-state\/","title":{"rendered":"13 California Counties Petition to Secede"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) isn\u2019t the only person entertaining thoughts of seceding from a bankrupt government.\u00a0 But unlike Perry who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2009\/04\/15\/governor-says-texans-want-secede-union-probably-wont\/ \" target=\"_blank\">joked about Texas leaving the federal union<\/a> to Tea Party activists, California citizens from <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.abcnews.com\/thenote\/2011\/07\/13-california-counties-look-to-secede-create-new-state.html \" target=\"_blank\">13 counties are trying to separate themselves<\/a> from a state government that is far from golden.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOnerous regulations on business\u201d that are driving jobs out of the state and the California legislature\u2019s attempts to balance the budget by \u201cstealing\u201d tax revenue from local governments are two reason why Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone said he is pushing for secession.<\/p>\n<p>The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to hold a meeting in late September of representatives from every city and county in California to decide if their grievances can be solved without secession.<\/p>\n<p>If not, the group will hammer out the details of creating a new state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously I touched a nerve that is felt not only among Californians but among people around the country who feel their voices are not being heard,\u201d Stone said. \u201cI\u2019m hoping that the nerve that I touch with a lot of citizens will resonate and we will see dramatic changes in the way we do business in the state and the way we do business in this country.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Only time will tell if Supervisor Stone\u2019s nerve touching will result in the second coming of the Bear Flag Republic.\u00a0 If so, one hopes representatives of the newly created state will incorporate at least some of that short-lived government\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bear_Flag_Republic#Proclamation_of_the_Bear_Flag_Revolt\" target=\"_blank\">founding document<\/a>.\u00a0 (A taste: \u201c\u2026believes that a Government to be prosperous and happyfying in its tendency must originate with its people who are friendly to its existence. That its Citizens are its Guardians, its officers are its Servants, and its Glory their reward.\u201d)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) isn\u2019t the only person entertaining thoughts of seceding from a bankrupt government.\u00a0 But unlike Perry who joked about Texas leaving the federal union to Tea Party activists, California citizens from 13 counties are trying to separate themselves from a state government that is far from golden. \u201cOnerous regulations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2868,299,56,2867,838,2864,2866,2865,28,561],"class_list":["post-10447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-bear-flag-republic","tag-california","tag-government","tag-jeff-stone","tag-rick-perry","tag-riverside-county","tag-secede","tag-secession","tag-tea-party","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10447"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10453,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10447\/revisions\/10453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}