One Of The Few Secession Successes

A small community in Maine demonstrates that secession can succeed. But secession is only the beginning of a long process.

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September 22, 2002, 5:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"The complaints of Long Islanders a decade ago sound strikingly similar to those debated in Los Angeles' secession campaigns. Residents felt they paid too much in taxes for too little in public services... In Maine, tiny Frye Island split from the town of Standish in 1998 while the even-tinier Hope Island launched a one-family effort last year. Long Island, however, reigns as one of the nation's few secession successes."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

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Friday, September 20, 2002 in The Los Angeles Times

Government / Politics Maine

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