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Mar 4, 2004, 02:24 am

VT town votes to secede to NH, Free Staters celebrate

Furious over years of skyrocketing property tax and leftist state government, residents of the VT ski town of Killington have just voted by a landslide to secede to New Hampshire. It's not clear how much impact the Free State Project had on the course of events, but the Killington area had been a primary target of FSP advertising over the last month, including television commercials and print ads urging residents to come to NH and "bring Killington with you."

The FSP is a movement aimed at recruiting 20,000 liberty lovers to move to NH.

Here's the whole scoop from Fox News:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,113108,00.html

Free State Project website: www.freestateproject.org

Poetic_Justice · Mar 4, 2004, 02:31 am

holy shamoley...
Here's a link to the CNN corresponding article
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/01/09...t.secession.ap/
wow, that's just wild

Mar 16, 2004, 07:37 pm

I understand the issue is shortly to go before the state of NH with Killington seeking the support of the government there. Then they have to get VT govt. approval and US Congress approval. Long shot but a measure of how desperate some Vermonters are to escape the authoritarian system there.

AnonT · Mar 17, 2004, 05:24 am

They have to get Congress' approval? I knew they had to get VT to agree, but I didn't know they had to get Congress, too.

Apr 2, 2004, 05:39 pm

</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (AnonT,)
They have to get Congress' approval? I knew they had to get VT to agree, but I didn't know they had to get Congress, too.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>

That's my understanding since it involves redrawing the borders of a state.

dotcoma · Apr 2, 2004, 06:09 pm

Nice.

Apr 2, 2004, 09:06 pm

I knew good things would come from the Free State Project. Way to go guys. Maybe the rest of Vermont, old Howard Deans's State, will vote to ceceede.

Mar 4, 2004, 02:24 am	#1 (permalink) (top)
DadaOrwell Guest Posts: n/a	VT town votes to secede to NH, Free Staters celebrate Furious over years of skyrocketing property tax and leftist state government, residents of the VT ski town of Killington have just voted by a landslide to secede to New Hampshire. It's not clear how much impact the Free State Project had on the course of events, but the Killington area had been a primary target of FSP advertising over the last month, including television commercials and print ads urging residents to come to NH and "bring Killington with you." The FSP is a movement aimed at recruiting 20,000 liberty lovers to move to NH. Here's the whole scoop from Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,113108,00.html Free State Project website: www.freestateproject.org

Mar 4, 2004, 02:31 am	#2 (permalink) (top)
Poetic_Justice Igneous Magma Location: Edmonton, Canada Posts: 209	holy shamoley... Here's a link to the CNN corresponding article http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/01/09...t.secession.ap/ wow, that's just wild

Mar 16, 2004, 07:37 pm	#3 (permalink) (top)
DadaOrwell Guest Posts: n/a	I understand the issue is shortly to go before the state of NH with Killington seeking the support of the government there. Then they have to get VT govt. approval and US Congress approval. Long shot but a measure of how desperate some Vermonters are to escape the authoritarian system there.

Mar 17, 2004, 05:24 am	#4 (permalink) (top)
AnonT Molten Ash Location: Middle of nowhere, Nebraska Posts: 130	They have to get Congress' approval? I knew they had to get VT to agree, but I didn't know they had to get Congress, too.

Apr 2, 2004, 05:39 pm	#5 (permalink) (top)
DadaOrwell Guest Posts: n/a	</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (AnonT,) They have to get Congress' approval? I knew they had to get VT to agree, but I didn't know they had to get Congress, too.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'> That's my understanding since it involves redrawing the borders of a state.

Apr 2, 2004, 06:09 pm	#6 (permalink) (top)
dotcoma Volcanic Erupter Posts: 3,154	Nice.

Apr 2, 2004, 09:06 pm	#7 (permalink) (top)
dave654 Guest Posts: n/a	I knew good things would come from the Free State Project. Way to go guys. Maybe the rest of Vermont, old Howard Deans's State, will vote to ceceede.