Puerto Rico Enacts Tennessee Plan; Sends Reps to Congress, Demands Statehood

[jimmy olsen]

No other elections were happening and the opposition parties boycoted because they knew they'd lose.

That's BS. Let their governor start their Tennessee Plan and let them experience the "no minimum turnout threshold" that the rest of us American citizens get to enjoy.

And they have

http://www.pr51st.com/puerto-rico-chooses-senators-and-congressmen/

Puerto Rico Chooses Senators and Congressmen


Puerto Rico Governor Rossello is moving ahead with the Tennessee Plan for Puerto Rico. The most recent step in the campaign is the selection of two senators and five congressmen for the new state of Puerto Rico.

This move is part of what's known as the Tennessee Plan, because the territory of Tennessee was the first to use it in an effort to speed up their path to statehood. Congress was dragging its heels in making Tennessee a state, so Tennessee declared itself a state and sent its delegation to Washington.

The delegation was not welcomed, and Congress was firm in denying Tennessee the right to declare itself a state, but it was just a few more months before Congress took action and made Tennessee a state. Since then, a number of other territories, including California and Alaska, have used the Tennessee Plan to gain statehood.

The representatives chosen by the the governor:
•Carlos Romero Barceló, former Resident Commissioner, former Governor of Puerto Rico, former vice-chair of the U.S. Congress Hispanic Caucus
•Pedro Rosselló González, former Governor of Puerto Rico, former chair of the Southern Governors Association
•Charlie Rodriguez Colon, President of the Puerto Rico Senate, chair of the Puerto Rico Democratic Party
•Iván Rodríguez, Baseball Hall of Fame honoree
•Luis Fortuño, former Resident Commissioner, former Governor of Puerto Rico
•Major General Felix Santoni, U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Service Award
•Zoraida Fonalledas, co-chair of Republican National Committee Growth and Opportunity Projects Commission, National Committeewoman Republican Party of Puerto Rico

This impressive collection of leaders, representing both the Democratic and Republican parties, should be a valuable addition to the U.S. Congress.

Tell your representatives that you support Puerto Rico's demand for statehood

[Josquius]

On the one hand it plays well to Trumpite megalomania.
On the other hand dirty furrin Spanish.

[derspiess]

No thanks.  We have enough states as it is.

[Syt]

No thanks.  We have enough states as it is.

Merge the Dakotas, the Carolinas, and re-unite West Virginia and Virginia.

[garbon]

No thanks.  We have enough states as it is.

Merge the Dakotas, the Carolinas, and re-unite West Virginia and Virginia.

Maybe just merge away anything with less than a million residents, so looking at wiki - Wyoming, Delaware, Vermont and the Dakotas. Alaska by virtue of remoteness to stay.

[Berkut]

The current structure is a dinosaur based on antiquated and largely irrelevant political and economic realities.

Re-map the country to about 30 states that make some kind of geographics and economic sense, and greatly reduce the idea that empty land should have a political voice.

[Ed Anger]

Send them back to PR without their heads.

[The Larch]

The current structure is a dinosaur based on antiquated and largely irrelevant political and economic realities.

Re-map the country to about 30 states that make some kind of geographics and economic sense, and greatly reduce the idea that empty land should have a political voice.

By that logic how many states should be merged? I guess you could make a massive prairie based one with everything west of the Rockies until Minnesota or so (Idaho, Montana, the Dakotas, Wyoming & Nebraska) that would still have less population than NYC or LA. You can also merge Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and possibly Georgia, allowing them to use a massive confederate flag as emblem in exchange. In New England you could either make a mega state with everything east of NY state, or just two with Massachusets, Connecticut and Rhode Island forming one, and Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire forming another one.

What else, Kansas + Oklahoma + Missouri + Arkansas? Utah + Colorado + Arizona + New Mexico? Washington + Oregon? Carolinas and Virginias being merged goes without saying.

[garbon]

Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota

[Valmy]

It was wise to have a mixed Democratic and Republican delegation. Hopefully they can gain enough allies on both sides to reach success.

[Valmy]

Send them back to PR without their heads.

Surely the great Pudge Rodriguez deserves better.

[Grey Fox]

Does Statehood law require the normal 3-part approvals?

[Ed Anger]

Send them back to PR without their heads.

Surely the great Pudge Rodriguez deserves better.

We are not inclined to mercy.

[The Larch]

Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota

Happy now? 

[derspiess]

No thanks.  We have enough states as it is.

Merge the Dakotas, the Carolinas, and re-unite West Virginia and Virginia.