Comments on: South Florida Wants to Be the 51st State

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:24:04 +0000

Trish – Unfortunately, Upper California and Lower California are already taken too — sort of. Before the U.S. “acquired” what is now the state of California, it was the Mexican territory of Alta (or, for non-Spanish-speakers, “Upper”) California. The southern territorial border of Alta California was approximately where the state and international borders are now.

The Mexican state below is still called Baja (”Lower”) California. (Their license plates are marked “B.C.”) I think that if secession ever succeeds, the new state should take an entirely new name. My suggestion for the former northern Californios is “Eureka,” which is the state motto, and means, “I found it!”

Proud Miamian: Just so you’re clear: Buck is a proud Coconut Grovian.

By: Buck

Buck — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:16:00 +0000

“Proud Miamian?” I’ve never heard of that. Pissed-Off Miamian, Tired Miamian, Cynical Miamian, Bigoted Miamian, Drive-Like-A-Maniac Miamian and Stoopid Miamian â€” those I’m familiar with.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:25:11 +0000

One of my questions is what wuld happen to the thousands that need medical care (ie hiv/aids diabetes) they would take all the money away just so they could get along and fuel there own needs

By: Trish

Trish — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:41:17 +0000

Jon, how about “Upper California” and “Lower California?” It’s better than “Superior California” and “Inferior California,” for sure.

And Proud Miamian, I do realize you guys are really proud of your tax contributions: “…a few South Florida legislators suggested the region take its tax money and set up its own state.”

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:31:16 +0000

I hope you all have better luck than the California secessionist movement, which has been debating splitting the state north and south since before statehood in 1850. We’re mostly liberals in both regions, so the split is cultural, not political. The eco-friendly, tie-dyed granola munchers up north want to secede from the hedonistic, narcissistic water-wasters down here.

There’s more us than there are of them, and it’s just not a big issue in Southern California, so when the secession movement bestirs itself every five years or so, it always fails in the south.

The one thing everybody seems to agree that the dividing line would be north of San Luis Obispo.

Another sticking point: The state initials N.C. and S.C. are taken.

By: Proud Miamian

Proud Miamian — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:39:52 +0000

I noticed you completely failed to mention that Miami-Dade and Broward County, in particular, contribute a lot more in tax revenue to the State’s coffers than we get back. This is an ongoing problem that can only be resolved with Statehood for South Florida. South Floridians are tired of funding the rest of the State’s programs while we continually get the short end of the stick. Additionally, South Floridians and North Floridians don’t even share the same values. We’re tired of North Florida Conservatives telling us what to do. It’s time for a clean break.