2013-09-27

Yet More Secession Talk, This Time East Coast USA

The issue is very local; it is about neighborhoods breaking away from a town over property taxes. Still, it fits the pattern. Secession is being discussed at all levels.

Whispers about neighborhood secession creep up around Scarborough property value dispute
While hearings continue, appellant Don Petrin of River Sands Drive has hinted the appeal effort will spread beyond Town Hall and the courts, to a secession movement in the waterfront neighborhoods hardest hit by the revaluations.

“I’m not leading that effort, however I will, like many, support that effort,” Petrin said. “Legal advice was solicited and received as to the steps involved, however I have not seen the required petition as yet.”

Petrin was also unimpressed with Monday’s proceedings.

“Unfortunately for the board, the town chose to essentially filibuster the hearing by strategically reiterating the same mundane points over and over again,” he said.

Also in the news today: Senator Says Politics Have Reached Civil War Levels. This type of talk is sensational with little to back it up. Today's debate will look positively calm compared to what could happen if politics reached actual Civil War levels, such as fist fights in the Senate. For now, secession remains a state and local issue, and a peaceful one at that.

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