Some Carroll Countians Ready to Break Ties with the Free State - Government - Westminster, MD Patch

Some Carroll Countians Ready to Break Ties with the Free State - Government - Westminster, MD Patch:

A Carroll County man is leading the charge to form a new state comprised of five Maryland counties.

By Lauren Loricchio, Capital News Service

Maryland’s five western counties have had enough.

http://westminster.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/some-carroll-countians-ready-to-break-ties-with-the-free-state

Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, and Washington counties are ready to sever ties with the Free State and start their own, according to Scott Strzelczyk, a 49-year-old information technology consultant and self-proclaimed leader of the Western Maryland Initiative.

“I think our differences are irreconcilable and ultimately we want an amicable divorce,” said Strzelczyk.  Strzelczyk, a resident of the rural town of New Windsor in Carroll County, said three things prompted him to create the group: gerrymandering of Western Maryland’s congressional district, tax increases and recent legislation limiting firearm sales in the state.

The Facebook page Strzelczyk launched to garner support for the cause, titled ‘Western Maryland: A New State Initiative,’ currently has more than 6,000 ‘likes’.  “We don’t need Annapolis telling us how to live our lives and telling us what’s right for us and what isn’t right for us,” Strzelczyk said.

Similar secessionist movements, led by citizens fed up with their state government, have sprung up throughout the country in states like Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New York and New Hampshire.

A group of conservatives in rural Northern California want to create the 51st state which they’ve named ‘Jefferson’. The organization’s website promotes smaller government and lower taxes.

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