WV State Senate adopts resolution calling on Frederick County to join the state

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

https://twitter.com/wvpublic/status/1216794882058215426?s=20

http://wvmetronews.com/2020/01/13/resolution-passed-to-add-frederick-county-va-to-west-virginia/


not even considering how this would work with Winchester, just lol

[Sirius_]

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/heres-how-frederick-county-would-rank-if-it-joined-west-virginia/65-f91f7be1-1f44-400a-b365-f6ed702f4c14

According to this Frederick county would have the 2nd richest citizens on average, third highest employment, and the lowest poverty rate in the state as well as a decent population. This sounds like a state cash grab to me.

[💥💥 brandon bro (he/him/his)]

really don't want to change my shirt



I mean I guess I could just draw in a W with a white out pen or something

[Sirius_]

really don't want to change my shirt



I mean I guess I could just draw in a W with a white out pen or something

Keep it as a souvenir of the time Winchester was in VA lol.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Frederick was one of three counties originally "invited" to join West Virginia, but unlike Berkeley and Jefferson, it refused the offer and stayed in Virginia.

[ProudModerate2]

Oh yes.
Why would they not want to join one of the richest states in the Union.

[Yellowhammer]

If I lived in Frederick County I'd be jumping up and down at this prospect.

[DINGO Joe]

Well, as has been discussed before, the East Panhandle of WV would be a better geographic fit with Virginia and SW Virginia would be a better fit in WV but that kind of switch would make WV even older and poorer, so that's not a great idea either.

[Oryxslayer]

Seems like a desperate ploy to try and avoid losing WV03.

[DrScholl]

It makes a lot of sense to call for a county to join a state that is economically weak and losing population all the time.

[Sir Mohamed]

Has anything like this happened since the end of the civil war? A county joing another state? Congress would need to approve this anyway.

[DINGO Joe]

Has anything like this happened since the end of the civil war? A county joing another state? Congress would need to approve this anyway.

No, and this isn't a serious effort either.  It's just a silly little resolution by a state with an inferiority complex.

There are some minor boundary issues, mainly with the Mississippi River changing course that have never been dealt with and I guess never will. I also have some vague memory of a handful of people being switched from VA to NC or vice versa in the last decade because of an old surveying error.

[DINGO Joe]

It's NC and SC

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article79676647.html

[Tintrlvr]

Has anything like this happened since the end of the civil war? A county joing another state? Congress would need to approve this anyway.

I don't see why Congress would need to approve. Congress admits states, but nothing in the Constitution says that Congress has to approve changes to state boundaries (as long as it doesn't result in the creation of a new state (including by combining multiple states)).

New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

Really, this would be a win for everyone except the people of Frederick County, Virginia.

[heatcharger]

If I lived in Frederick County I'd be jumping up and down at this prospect.

Sad to see you stoop so low and support the unionist scum trying to pull this off.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Has anything like this happened since the end of the civil war? A county joing another state? Congress would need to approve this anyway.

technically Scott County TN didn't rejoin the state until the 1980s

[DINGO Joe]

WVa to Virginia county: Come join us. Virginia county: Nah

[Nyvin]

Didn't know Trump was born in Winchester

[Progressive Pessimist]

Sure, why not? Make Virginia even more Democratic.

[OBD]

They really want to keep that 3rd congressional district, huh.

Has anything like this happened since the end of the civil war? A county joing another state? Congress would need to approve this anyway.

I remember something similar happened in Colorado (joining Wyoiming), and isn't there a New Hampshire town determined to join Vermont?

[beaver2.0]

I highly doubt Frederick County would join.

[Bacon King]

and isn't there a New Hampshire town determined to join Vermont?

The other way around: Killington VT's 2005 attempt to secede from its state and join New Hampshire

[lfromnj]

I was really confused cause I taught WV wanted Frederick county MD to join.

[DINGO Joe]

Kind of an amusing side note, WV was excited to announce that Clorox is building a new plant in Berkeley Co (just across the border from Frederick) that will bring 100 jobs to manufacture cat litter.

http://wvmetronews.com/2020/01/16/clorox-announces-plans-for-berkeley-county-plant/

“I can’t tell you how proud I am that Clorox is exploring this expansion opportunity in West Virginia,” Gov. Jim Justice said. “Clorox has a proven track record in the Mountain State — both Mineral and Tucker Counties have greatly benefited from having the company’s Kingsford charcoal facilities and all the investments the company has made in our local communities.”

Clorox selected Berkeley County “due to the local workforce availability, nearby resources, and regional transportation infrastructure – including rail”.

Unmentioned in the story is that Berkeley was selected after Frederick county rejected the plant because of quality of life concerns and that it may negatively affect property values.

https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/clorox-official-w-va-plant-would-have-minimal-traffic-impact/article_b6c9097c-be3f-5b60-abcc-7be14951b89a.html

But somebody has gotta make cat litter (although I prefer the pine kind).

[Skill and Chance]

I don't think the current VA legislature would ever sign off on this if it's true that it would be sufficient to give WV an additional safe R EV.