No sooner had I finished writing my somewhat-critical overview of Arizona politics than I came across the headlines of the local Tucson paper: “Pima County wants to secede from state.” Pima County being Tucson and much of Southern Arizona, which is generally considered more liberal than Phoenix and the rest of the state.
I use the word “liberal” guardedly.
This is not something that will ever happen, but the effort is serious, with a number of local representatives and county officials saying they just can’t take it anymore. Actually, one said exactly that: “we can’t take it anymore.”
Politically, such a move is possible but in practical terms, it’s impossible. Still, it’s a good sign of sorts that significant numbers of people in Arizona agree with the rest of the country that Arizona has mostly lost its mind.
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