Center for a
FREE and INDEPENDENT
Upstate New York
Why do we need a new 51st state?
It has become painfully clear that the
constitution and laws of New York no longer serve the interests
of the people living Upstate. All one has to do is just
look around for the all too obvious signs of decline and
decay. While the financial centers and institutions of
downstate are thriving, both agriculture and manufacturing
(activities carried on Upstate) are in very, very serious
trouble.
While Upstate needs immediate and decisive action to stop this
decline, it has neither the support of downstate politicians nor
the political power to do so. Both houses of the New York
State legislature are controlled by downstate voters, because the
population in New York is concentrated downstate. It leaves
those of us in Upstate, however, helpless to prevent our own
demise.
Further, the New York State legislature has demonstrated
repeatedly that it is a "politically bankrupt"
institution. That is, it doesn't give a damn or have a clue on to
how to solve the problems of Upstate. Examples of it's 'bankrupt'
ideas:
1) Albany stills believes it can spend its way to prosperity
2) Albany needs to drain more out of Upstate by turning its expressways into toll roads.
Friends, please join us in an effort to create a free and
independent Upstate New York. It's time for us to realize,
we must become masters of our own destiny. Working
together we could create a New state with a New
constitution where social responsibility is just as important as
individual rights. Further, this new (51st) state will be
in a position to focus on the problems that WE
have; problems, that are totally different than our
downstate brethren.
Links to files and sites:
More Justification
Declaration of
Independence
Data Showing How
Bad the Situation is Upstate
Failure of
Constitution and laws
Frequently Asked
Questions
Agenda for the 51st
State
Upstate Liberty - *** brand
new web site
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