Rural Oregonians Launch Bid to Secede and Join Idaho: ‘Let Us Go’

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Downtown Portland, Oregon

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The most recent plan to secede from the state of Oregon was hatched in the summer of 2019 by a group of retirees at a pizza parlor in the small town of La Pine.

Mike McCarter heard about the meeting from a friend, and stopped by to talk through the idea.

Ryan Mills

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Ryan Mills

Ryan Mills was an enterprise and media reporter at National Review. He previously worked for 14 years as a breaking news reporter, investigative reporter, and editor at newspapers in Florida. Originally from Minnesota, Ryan lives in the Fort Myers area with his wife and two sons.

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