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- GRAPEVINE, Page 9Here Comes the Really Big One
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- By JANICE CASTRO
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- Maybe it's the thought of all those Soviet republics and
- East European populations breaking away from hated governments.
- Californians will vote in next month's primary on a proposal to
- create political fault lines that would divide America's most
- populous state into two or even three states. Talk of secession
- is on the rise again across the U.S. Like those who want to
- subdivide California, many citizens in other states think they'd
- be better off without their big cities, high taxes or state
- governments. In Kansas, 10 southwestern counties hope that parts
- of neighboring Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado will join them in
- founding a 51st state. Since Kansans in the rebellious counties
- voted 9 to 1 in favor of the idea earlier this month, local
- officials have been working on a new constitution and planning
- a convention in September. Similar talk still festers from
- Alaska to the Michigan peninsula. Why bother throwing the
- rascals out when you can simply leave them behind?
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