Via the Fauquier Times-Democrat[www.timescommunity.com]. Not happy with the way your county is run? You can change it or secede. Sme folks in Western Loudoun have been thinking that for a while and now they have neighboring Fauquier county giving them a sympathetic eye. Not likely to happen, but it would be interesting to see. No county has been created in Virginia for about 125 years.

Last year, when the Virginia Supreme Court overturned Loudoun County's 2003 zoning protections for rural land, the decision brought forth secessionist tendencies that had largely been lying dormant since the Civil War.

Already frustrated by the rapidly growing influx of Yankee carpetbaggers and the pro-growth actuations of the recently elected Board of Supervisors, some residents of western Loudoun launched a movement called Citizens for Catoctin County, or CCC, to establish a new, independent jurisdiction, to be called "Catoctin County."

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However, if secession is a response to discordant values, then annexation is the other side of the coin -- a reflex that comes to the fore when similar values are being expressed. That has meant some speculation in Fauquier of the "What Ifs" -- as in, "What if we were to annex Catoctin?

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Interestingly, Fauquier County's own Web site states that it seeks to "preserve the physical beauty, historical heritage and environmental quality of the county." Loudoun, by contrast, touts a new strategic plan to "create an innovative, globally competitive economy known for its business environment."

As a Fauquier County official observed, "Clearly, if you look at the mission statements you'll see that the secessionists are closely in tune with Fauquier's philosophy."

I love to see the term 'carpetbaggers' used in print. It's so descriptive and there's no better description to make a Southerner take notice.

Check out the Catoctin County website [www.catoctincounty.org].

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