Mike McCarter, founder of the Citizens Movement for Greater Idaho (Greater Idaho), at the premises that house the Morrow County Rodeo and Fairgrounds organization in Heppner, Oregon, August 19, 2022. HILARY SWIFT/New York Times-REDUX-REA
INQUIRY – Culturally and politically at odds with the western part of their state, ranchers living in rural eastern counties want to redraw Oregon’s borders to “take refuge” in neighboring, more conservative Idaho. But will the Democrats who govern in Salem and Portland agree to lose 15 counties, or 63% of their area and 400,000 inhabitants?
Special Envoy to John Day (Oregon)
One day, Sandie Gilson had had enough. “In 2019, the Oregon Congress passed a new corporate tax explaining that it was “a privilege” to be able to do business in the state. It made me jump! I wonder how it is a privilege, says John Day’s business manager.
In this small mining and farming town, as in the rest of this rural eastern Oregon region, Sandie Gilson and other Republican residents feel like they are suffering from policies decided by the Democrats, who control the government. and the two Chambers of the State. “They pass laws to regulate the carrying of weapons while legalizing drugs, this sandie people around here don’t really like it.” To the taxes were added the measures taken against the pandemic. “We were imposed confinement rules that were completely unsuitable for our region, where the population density is very low, Sandy storm. There has also been THE…
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