SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) - Lawmakers returning to Salem for the start of the Legislative session this week are being greeted by roadside electronic billboards encouraging them to "Free Eastern Oregon" by moving the Oregon-Idaho border. There are also bills being introduced in the Legislature to advance their cause. The billboard campaign is the work of
It seems like the joining Idaho parts of a) and c) could be just as easily argued if it was part of Idaho trying to join Oregon.
If it’d be a drain on Idaho surely it’s a drain on western Oregon currently. There seems to be a core issue with Oregon (and other western states). Borders shouldn’t be based on how we can make 90° corners but instead geography or culture. Hence why CA also has those state of Jefferson people.
I used to live in Massachusetts, and it’s pretty cool to not have the economic and political drain of conservative rural areas.