Whelp. It comes as no surprise to my pessimistic little self that the People's Republic of Northern Virginia managed to browbeat the rest of the state into disenfranchising 90% of the state in the name of "fairness."
Yes, folks, that's right, going from a rough split of 6 - 5 to 10 - 1 is obviously more fair.
I guess I should choose a child and make sure they get 90% of everything and the other only 10% and just remind them that that's what fair means now.
Freaking ridiculous.
My uncle (who was staying with us until this morning) asked if he thought it would be appealed. I'm not sure that's a do-able thing since it's a vote not just a law that got passed. I suppose I could google the idea and see, but really, I don't have any faith that it would succeed if it did since prior D presidents have packed the courts with judges who don't seem to understand being unbiased, merit, or any of those "justice-based" ideas.
Besides, this was all in the name of fairness!
And it's temporary!
Because the government is totally in the habit of grabbing power temporarily and then giving it back. Yeah. That'll happen.
My hope, at this point, though it does me personally no good, is that the disenfranchised counties all along the WVa and KY border will figure out a way to go join WVa (my understanding is that for at least some of them this is a possibility, and maybe WVa would take pity on the rest. Of course, that implies that the White Witch* allows it to happen.) At least then they'd actually have a voice and, bonus, could strengthen the voice of a state that seems to be a tad more sane than whatever the hell Virginia is these days. (Insane doesn't feel strong enough.)
Freaking ridiculous.
*Props to Robbo for the nickname.
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