The Greater Idaho Movement Mike McCarter Update on the Border Move 3pm Monday April 19, 2021 on KWRO.com
The Movement
Oregonians:
Not Happy With Oregon Government?
Should We Move to IDAHO, Or Should We Move IDAHO Governance to Us?
Oregon’s governor and legislature don’t need any Republican votes to rule Oregon. None of the Democrats in the legislature represent a rural area.
This is why Oregon passes laws that kill industries in eastern, central, and southern Oregon. They don’t protect us from rioters, forest arsonists, or school curricula that teach kids to hate Americans and Americanism. And they pass laws that violate our conscience. We can’t let our money support their system anymore. We are outnumbered, we don’t have leverage, and things will continue to get worse.
You love your community. You’ve invested time in family, friends, and workplace there. Our strategy is a long shot, but together we may be able to save our communities by making them a part of Idaho. State lines have been moved many times before.
Idaho respects traditional morality and justice, and it doesn’t get in the way of rural livelihoods. It has lower tax rate and a lower cost of living.
Our main document explains the details of our proposal. In our FAQ we explain why ideas like trying “harder” to win elections or trying to convince the legislature to give us our own state are less likely to happen.
We need to unite our neighbors around the idea of moving the border so that we can convince state legislators to stop holding our counties captive in a blue state. Voters in two counties voted in favor of this idea in November. We expect several to vote in favor in May 2021. But we need your help.
Use the links below to learn more about the movement, then TAKE ACTION to help make it happen.
We now have enough signatures in Harney County (and Douglas County) to get on the ballot at the next election.
Mark your calendars for Greater Idaho live events in Malheur and Crook County: The Crook County Court meeting has been relocated to a bigger building. 40 people showed up to our last meeting. www.greateridaho.org/2-meet-greet-events-scheduled-get-lawn-signs-etc We're struggling to find a location for an event in southern Lake County and Sherman County.
If you live in Lake, Grant, or Baker County, get some lawn signs and banners from your county captain and distribute them where they will be seen the most. Ask landowners. Also pick up some brochures and place stacks of them in local shops with the shop owner's permission. In Malheur County, pick them up at the meeting mentioned above.
At a hearing just for Greater Idaho on Monday, April 12, Idaho state legislators reacted to our proposal to move the Oregon/Idaho border to bring rural Oregon counties under Idaho’s jurisdiction. Chair of the House committee Rep. Barbara Ehardt (R - Idaho Falls) welcomed the idea, saying “With everybody moving to Idaho, it isn’t lost on me the addition of landmass, water, resources, agriculture, timber; there are some appealing things to Idahoans, at least in my estimation, to even consider this.”
Rep. Laurie Lickley (R-Jerome) said “I think this is a broader conversation we need to have throughout the United States from our rural areas to our urban areas who... forget where their food comes from.”
To stream video highlights, follow the links here: www.greateridaho.org/idaho-legislators-react-at-hearing-on-greater-idaho
You can follow us on Facebook again! Our page and groups were disabled in January but we created these new ones.
We now have a Facebook PAGE for everyone: Please like the page and join a group:
· Facebook Group for eastern, central, and southern Oregonians, plus all their sympathizers, as well as residents of counties in California and Washington that might join Idaho
· Facebook Group for Idahoans
· Facebook Group for residents of Willamette Valley, the coast, the gorge, or Bend
We sent big postcard advertisements to every door in 5 counties, and we want to do it again next week. Please donate. This May 18 election in 5 counties is the biggest opportunity in the history of our movement to score the huge victory we need! We are running ads in Facebook, YouTube, and websites. But we can’t afford it without you. Can you pitch in to make this work? Will you be a part of this historic campaign?
The bigger our win on May 18, the more legislatures of both states will know that they need to react, so please donate today at www.greateridaho.org/donate