This MSNBC.com article discusses a new movement afoot in California, launched by Republican Mill Maze and spurred by that state’s near bankruptc. The proposal: to split California into two states along coastal/inland lines. In that context the original 1941 “state of Jefferson” idea is mentioned.
Something tells me, as the economic crisis wears on and perhaps gets worse before it gets better, that this isn’t the last we’ve heard of such movements.
