USA Today - A group of Southern Florida politicians are tired of being left out to sea when it comes to addressing climate change concerns for the southern part of the state. Their solution? Create a state of their own.
According to a report from the Sun-Sentinel, a proposal by the Mayor of South Miami and South Miami City Commission calls for the legal separation of Florida into two separate states.
The new state — aptly dubbed "South Florida" — would thus become the 51st state in the Union.
The imposing threat of rising sea levels is behind the proposal.
"It's very apparent that the attitude of the northern part of the state is that they would just love to saw the state in half and just let us float off into the Caribbean," South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard told the Sun-Sentinel.
Vice Mayor Walter Harris proposed the resolution and it passed with a 3-2 vote at the city commission meeting on Oct. 7. He says Tallahassee, the state capital, isn't doing enough to deal with the problem of global warming.
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I live in Central Florida. We have a governor that doesn't believe in global warming. I don't understand him or people with the same mindset. The proof is there! We have a little over a week to see if a new governor can help the people in Southern Florida.
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