> California has been the subject of more than 220 proposals to divide it into multiple states since its admission to the U.S. in 1850, including at least 27 significant proposals in the first 150 years of statehood.
It's a fun and interesting hobby of Tim Draper[0] that will never fly. It's actually pretty great to be Californian and no one wants to fuck that up.[1]
[0] It reminds me of one of my favorite Richard Pryor jokes: "Cocaine is Nature's way of telling you you have too much money."
[1] For example, if you have enough money you can get wacky vanity laws on the ticket and everyone has a good laugh.
Back in the day, SF was going to name the new sewage treatment plant after G.W. Bush. I signed the petition but then voted against it. It was a good joke but it would have been tasteless to go through with it. "Cal 3" is just the same sort of thing writ large(er).
> California has been the subject of more than 220 proposals to divide it into multiple states since its admission to the U.S. in 1850, including at least 27 significant proposals in the first 150 years of statehood.
It's a fun and interesting hobby of Tim Draper[0] that will never fly. It's actually pretty great to be Californian and no one wants to fuck that up.[1]
[0] It reminds me of one of my favorite Richard Pryor jokes: "Cocaine is Nature's way of telling you you have too much money."
[1] For example, if you have enough money you can get wacky vanity laws on the ticket and everyone has a good laugh.
Back in the day, SF was going to name the new sewage treatment plant after G.W. Bush. I signed the petition but then voted against it. It was a good joke but it would have been tasteless to go through with it. "Cal 3" is just the same sort of thing writ large(er).