March 2, 2004
I, NATIVIST (via Mike Daley & AWW):
Killington Residents Endorse Plan To Join New Hampshire: Town Wants To Secede Over Property Taxes (WMUR, March 2, 2004)
Residents of Killington, frustrated by high property taxes, voted Tuesday to try to become a part of New Hampshire.Killington Must Seek New Hampshire's Approval After years of what residents call unfair tax rates and lost legal battles with the state, the resort community took an extraordinary step, voting to secede from Vermont in the hopes of joining New Hampshire, 25 miles away.
The town of 1,100 said switching state affiliations could save taxpayers $10 million a year.
That's it...put us in the Tom Tancredo column. Enough wetbacks. Posted by Orrin Judd at March 2, 2004 10:37 PM
If they truly can save $ 10 million, that works out to $ 10,000 per resident.
No wonder they're frustrated.
Posted by: Michael Herdegen at March 2, 2004 11:19 PMYa gotta love these stunts. Little bits are always making noise about secession-- whether its western Nebraska (Wyoming), Cass County, Mich. (Indiana), or Siskiyou County, Calif. (Jefferson), all come to nothing.
Other than minor border adjustments due to shifting rivers, the last time a states borders were adjusted that I know of were in 1905 when Arkansas picked up about 100 acres of the east bank of the Poteau River south of Ft. Smith from Oklahoma Territy, and in 1882 when the area between the Niobrara, KeyPaha and Missouri Rivers was added to Nebraska from Dakota Territory. The last transfer to involve two states was 1853, when Mass. gave the Boston Corner to New York (that missing little triangle on the sw corner of Mass.) (That's if you consider Berkely and Jefferson Counties to be a delayed aftereffect of the whole W.Virginia situation.)
Then there was the Indian Stream Territory, which any knowledgeable resident of New Hampshire should know all about.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at March 3, 2004 12:08 AMTancredo seems to be the de facto representative in Congress for all of us who are sick of illegal aliens here who think they run this country.
His is a thankless task, but he keeps soldiering on. We need more Congresscritters like him, but they are really hard to find.
Posted by: John J. Coupal at March 3, 2004 1:41 AMOn the otherside New Mexico (with a state income tax) is seeking to annex a three mile wide strip of Texas along the eastern border of N.M., becuase they say the boundary line between the two areas was impoperly surveyed over 125 years ago. There are only a handful of towns within that boundary, and all of those have express a desire to stay exatly where they are (with no income tax).
On the other hand, Texas is getting ready to build a major radioactive waste depository within that three mile stip, so maybe if something goes wrong they can just call Bill Richardson up and ask the current N.M. governor and former DOE boss to take it off their hands...
Posted by: John at March 3, 2004 7:32 AMHas anyone asked the Question if NH would even accept them? I highly doubt it since Killington is full of flat landers. We have too many of them to begin with, No thanks.
Posted by: robert at March 3, 2004 9:49 AMSo I suppose taking northern MA is out of the question?
Posted by: Mike Earl at March 3, 2004 11:39 AMHas anyone read or heard even one article about the Killington vote that mentioned Dean's role in passing the tax-sharing legislation?
Posted by: Jason Johnson at March 3, 2004 12:05 PMJason, actually yes. I can't give you the citation, but I read it a few days ago someplace.
Posted by: old maltese at March 3, 2004 3:51 PM