?
? LET
? LET US
? LET US KNOW.
USE THE HASHTAG HAYDAY AND WE
WE'LL DO OUR VERY BEST TO GET
YOU AN ANSWER.
>> NOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT
ABOUT THE BIG MEASURES
PASSIONATE OREGN
PASSIONATE OREGN DECRIMINALIZING DRUGS, MAGIC
MUSHROOMS, UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL,
ALL THESE GROUNDBREAKING THINGS
AND RIGHTFULLY GETTING A LOT
OF ATTENTION.
OF ATTENTION. SO I WON'T BLAME YOU IF YOU
MISSED THIS.
MISSED THIS. VOTERS TWO OREGON COUNTIES
DECIDED THAT THEY'RE OPEN TO
JOINING IDAHO.
JOINING IDAHO. IT'S CALLED THE GREATER IDAHO
MOVEMENT.
MOVEMENT.
MOVEMENT. >> I'M GOING TO GO AND LET MY
FRIEND, OLD TIMEY NEWS ANCHOR
DAN HAGERTY EXPLAIN.
THIS IS OLD TIMEY NEWS ANCHOR
DAN HAGGERTY.
DAN HAGGERTY. TONIGHT DISPATCHES FROM THE
FRONT LINE BELEIVED DIVIDE
OREGON AND IDAHO POTIVE.
OREGON'S FORMATION IN 1859 AND
NOW SHOWING SIGNS OF THE SOURCE
OF THE WAVERING BORDERLINE
SEEMS TO BE A LUPINE OREGN MAN
BY THE NAME OF MIKE MCCARTER
SEEKING A MORE CONSERVATIVE
LIFESTYLE IN THE WAKE
OF OREGON'S CONSISTENCY AS A
SO-CALLED BLUE STATE RECORD FOR
ME MOVE.
ME MOVE.
ME MOVE. OREGON POTIVE FOR GREATER IDAHO
GROUP.
GROUP.
GROUP. SO
GROUP. SO INSTEAD OF HIS OWN
LIFESTYLE, CARTER WAS
PETITIONING 18 OREGON COUNTIES
TO ALLOW IDAHO TO ABSORB IT,
FORMING A SUPER STATE KNOWN AS
GREATER IDAHO.
GREATER IDAHO. >> THANK YOU.
>> OLD TIMEY YOUR CLASSIC.
NOW HERE'S A LOOK AT THE MAP
AND BASICALLY IT WOULD EXPAND
THE STATE OF IDAHO TO INCLUDE
ALL OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
OREGON AND A PART OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA THAT MAKES OREGON.
YOU KNOW, WHEN ALL WAS SAID AND
DONE IT WOULD MAKE ABOUT THE
QUARTER OF THE SIZE THAT WE ARE
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. NOW I KNOW THIS MIGHT SEEM A
LITTLE RIDICULOUS TO A LOT
OF PEOPLE, BUT THE REASON WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW IS
BECAUSE THIS GREATER IDAHO IDEA
AND A GROUP THAT WAS BEHIND IT
GOT ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO GET
MEASURES ON THE BALLOTS IN FOUR
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES. THE MEASURES REQUIRE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS NOW TO BASICALLY
TALK ABOUT THIS TO DISCUSS THE
IDEA OF LEGITIMATELY JOINING
IDAHO, IDAHO.
IDAHO, IDAHO. NOW IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE
SECEDING OR ANYTHING BUT ON
ELECTION NIGHT VOTERS IN UNION
AND JEFFERSON COUNTY SAID YES,
LET'S HAVE OUR COMMISSIONERS
TALK ABOUT THIS IDEA WHILE IOWA
AND DOUGLAS DECIDED TO PASS ON
THAT BUT ONLY A PRETTY SLIM
MARGIN AND WILL ALL COUNTY
WHICH I SHOULD MENTION ACTUALLY
BORDERS IDAHO.
BORDERS IDAHO. SO WHAT'S THE BIG REASON FOR
PEOPLE REALLY WANTING TO LEAVE
THE STATE OF OREGON?
YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS IT COMES
DOWN TO THE URBAN RURAL BLUE
RED DIVIDE.
RED DIVIDE. SO WE SPOKE TO THE REPORTER AT
THE LEGRAND OBSERVER IN UNION
COUNTY WHICH PASSED THE MEASURE
ABOUT WHAT SHE'S HEARING FROM
ITS SUPPORTERS.
ITS SUPPORTERS. >> IT'S AN AGRICULTURE AREA
THAT'S A MORE RURAL AREA.
THEY DON'T LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON
IN PORTLAND.
IN PORTLAND. AND ON THE WEST COAST AND IN
SALEM.
SALEM.
SALEM. SO
SALEM. SO THEY WANT TO SEPARATE
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. I THINK A LOT MORE OF THE
SUPPORT FOR IT COMES FROM THE
DECISIONS REGARDING AGRICULTURE
THAT HAVE BEEN MADE REGARDING
TAXES ON AGRICULTURE AND TAXES
AND REGULATIONS ON FARMING AND
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT'S
SHIFTING TO IT'S NOT SO MUCH
THE POLITICAL CLIMATE THEY'RE
PROGRESSIVE IN THEIR LIBERAL
AND ALL OF THE PROTESTING AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN THERE'S DEFINITELY A
CROSS SECTION THERE WHERE A LOT
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FOR THE MOVE
THE BORDER MOVEMENT ARE AGAINST
THE PROTEST.
THE PROTEST. BUT THAT'S NOT WHY THEY'RE
WANTING TO MOVE THE BORDER
TOWARD TO IDAHO RIGHT NOW JUST
BECAUSE YOU OREGN IS
CONSERVATIVE AND MORE
POLITICALLY IN LINE YOU WOULD
SAY WITH IDAHO DOESN'T MEAN
THAT THE MOVEMENT HAS ITS
UNANIMOUS SUPPORT NOT BY A LONG
SHOT MORE.
SHOT MORE. >> FORTY SEVEN PERCENT
OF PEOPLE IN UNION COUNTY VOTED
AGAINST THIS LOT OF THE
OPPOSITION.
OPPOSITION. >> IT GOES TO THE BASIS WELL IF
YOU DON'T LIKE IT HERE THEN
JUST MOVE AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT
TO BE A PART OF IDAHO BECAUSE
OF THE SALES TAX BECAUSE WE
STILL DON'T HAVE A SALES TAX
KICKS HERE IN OREGON OR THEY
DON'T WANT TO MOVE BECAUSE WE
DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
PROGRESSIVE POPULATION IN THE
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. AND
AREA. AND SO THEY DON'T LIKE THE FACT
THAT IDAHO'S SOCIAL SYSTEMS ARE
NOT AS STRONG ORGAN SOCIAL
SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE.
SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO THEY'RE LIKE OUR SCHOOLS
AREN'T GOING TO BE AS GOOD OR
TAX RATE.
TAX RATE.
TAX RATE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE HIGHER.
WE JUST DON'T WANT TO BE A PART
OF A DIFFERENT STATE.
WE LIKE BEING PART OF OREGON
CAN HEAR THE NUANCE IN THIS
CONVERSATION LIKE PEOPLE WERE
TALKING ABOUT THIS LIKE THIS IS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> WE SHOULD DO THIS.
WE HAVE TWO COUNTIES ON BOARD
WITH THIS IDEA.
WHAT DOES HAPPEN NOW?
WELL, IT WOULD BE A PRETTY LONG
UPHILL BATTLE TO ACTUALLY GET
THE BORDERS TO CHANGE.
>> THE GREATER IDAHO GROUP'S
GOAL WITH THESE MEASURES IS TO
GET SUPPORT FROM COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.
COMMISSIONERS. THEY BELIEVE IF THEY GET ENOUGH
COUNTIES ON BOARD WITH IT THAT
THEY WOULD GIVE THEM A BETTER
CHANCE OF CONVINCING THE STATE
LEGISLATURE TO ACTUALLY MAKE
THE CHANGE IF STATE LAWMAKERS
APPROVE THIS.
APPROVE THIS. AND THIS IS A BIG ISN'T A
MASSIVE HYPOTHETICAL CAME HUGE
ASTERISKS NEXT TO THIS
OF COURSE THEN THEY WOULD ASK
CONGRESS EVENTUALLY FOR
APPROVAL TO CHANGE THE BORDER.