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There is a growing effort for Pima County, Arizona (Tucson) to secede from Arizona to become the 51st State. TUCSON (KGUN9- TV) - One group is so fed up with Arizona politics they want to break away and form a brand new state. "Start Our State," a new Pima County political committee, hopes to bring the initiative to voters in 2012.
Co-founders Peter Hormel and Paul Eckerstrom say the governor's Federal lawsuit over immigration and new bills proposing to nullify Federal law are what sent their opinions over the edge.
"I and some other people finally got so frustrated with what's happening in Phoenix that we felt obligated to do something about it," said Hormel, "it's an idea that I think once you take a step back and think about it, it starts to make more and more sense."
He says with Pima County's size and population, they could pull it off. Pima County has more square miles than New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island. It has more people than Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Vermont, Delaware, and Alaska.
When asked about the financial feasibility, he responded, "we certainly can't do any worse than they're doing now."
He's not alone in his thinking. Thursday, State Sen. Paula Aboud (D-28) proposed an amendment to the SB 1433 which would enable the state to nullify certain Federal laws.
"Today, I am offering an amendment to SB 1433 to propose that Pima County secede from the rest of the State," she said on the floor, "We do not advocate their brand on our state and we don't support their harmful legislation that continues to tarnish Arizona's reputation."
The Senate voted no on the amendment, but passed the bill.
In response, several state legislators came out to support the proposed secession.
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Wait in line. Northern Virginia gets to be 51st. Y'all sand fleas will have to wait for 52.
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Wait just a minute! NorCal has been wanting to dump SoCal for eons. The hicks and sand fleas can be 52 and 53, respectively.  ...but then again, Hawai'i wants to be its own nation - so the hicks and sand fleas might be able to move up a notch.  I just remembered Puerto Rico - they may want to be a state some day - so maybe Hawai'i and Puerto Rico will cancel each other out... 
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Sitting here praying that Texas will make good on their threat to secede. My wife and I will be in SoCal by 2012 so it won't matter to me, except I'm sick of the influence this state has on the rest of the country.
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