South Florida as the 51st state?

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http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/10/22/florida-51st-state-south-florida/17705687/
 

A group of Southern Florida politicians are tired of being left out to sea when it comes to addressing climate change concerns for the southern part of the state. Their solution? Create a state of their own.

According to a report from the Sun-Sentinel, a proposal by the Mayor of South Miami and South Miami City Commission calls for the legal separation of Florida into two separate states.

The new state — aptly dubbed "South Florida" — would thus become the 51st state in the Union.

The imposing threat of rising sea levels is behind the proposal.

"It's very apparent that the attitude of the northern part of the state is that they would just love to saw the state in half and just let us float off into the Caribbean," South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard told the Sun-Sentinel.

Vice Mayor Walter Harris proposed the resolution and it passed with a 3-2 vote at the city commission meeting on Oct. 7. He says Tallahassee, the state capital, isn't doing enough to deal with the problem of global warming.

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 saw the state in half and just let us float off into the Caribbean

 

 

 

Stating the obvious here, but it would probably be a good thing if our elected officials didn't get all of their scientific knowledge from Bugs Bunny cartoons.

[Jason]

1. I can see the desire for southern Florida to be a separate state, once you get south of Orlando it's like you are back north, except it's hot.

2. They don't really believe becoming a separate state will have any impact on the weather, do they???