One more little bit on the State of Jefferson. Don't be too quick to write it off as a libertarian effort. Lots of Dems and Repubs. around here support the idea :) The idea is to get Sacramento and Portland out of the mix and let the locals make decisions for ourselves. As for Ashland, it would fit just fine. As for the unique geologic areas, I am from Trinity County, Calif. and there is a "Johnny Jump Up", sorry I don't remember the scientific name, that I found when I was doing a plant collection for Tax. Bot. that is said to be located only there and in Africa. I never have been able to wrap my head around that little fact. Colleen who spent many years in S. Or. and now is back in N. Calif. -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of stephen munro Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 7:38 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] Lily photos from the "State of Jefferson" Whoa! Didn't mean to start a political hullaballo! Wasn't intended. When I am down there sometimes I am in Oregon and sometimes I am in California. Regardless I don't think I am in either state but somewhere else. The State of Shasta the State of Jefferson the Siskiyous or Klamath Country it is certainly singular. The unique geologic, plant life, watercourses, and animals all contribute to this "state of mind." Best, Stephen ________________________________ From: Randall P. Linke <randysgarden@gmail.com> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] Lily photos from the "State of Jefferson" Though off topic, I think your questions re the questionable viability of the "State of Jeffeson" to be quite valid. Having lived in Mendocino, I can't imagine the Mat-Eel community or Ashland going along with the core values the proponents of this movement. Randy On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net>wrote: > Lovely photos by Stephen Munro! I'm glad to know his camera started > working again, and that he didn't have to depend for a photo of C. > howellii on the one he took here with his phone. I enjoyed talking > with Stephen; he says he is the youngest member of the Northwestern > chapter of NARGS, and I hope he can recruit some contemporaries into > both it and the PBS. > > The "State of Jefferson" in his subject line refers to a sporadic > movement to combine southern Oregon and northern California into a > separate state. Rural, resource-exploiting, and libertarian interests > drove it, but with gentrified Ashland and Arcata in the mix, how would > that work? > > Jane McGary > Portland, Oregon, USA > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- * * A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. - Thomas Paine --- * *