The temperature is rising, but it's not global warming.

Modoc County joins Siskiyou in a bid for secession from California.

First of all, the chit is really taking a run at the fan.

Second, all of California north and east of Sacramento and Mendocino has nothing really in common with the rest of the state, and likely has no desire to follow it into the pit.  Sounds like it's time for the new state of Shasta to organize, or Jefferson, as they term it here.

   “This is going to have to be something the people bring forward,” Byrne said. “It’s going to have to be from the bottom up, not from the top down.”

The move makes Modoc the second county to join in the fight to form the State of Jefferson in less than a month. Siskiyou County passed a measure to start the secession process at the supervisor’s Sept. 3 meeting.

Mark Baird, a spokesperson for the Jefferson Declaration Committee, said the group hopes to have a dozen counties commit their support before asking California legislators to allow the formation of the new state.

“California is essentially ungovernable in its present size,” Baird said. “We lack the representation to address the problems that affect the North State.”

“We’re looking for 12 counties, though we can certainly do it with less,” he said.

If all goes according to plan, Baird said the new state’s economy could be 15 percent larger than that of New Mexico."

I'm sure the new state will enjoy releasing business from the insane regulatory and tax burden, and avoid the whole pander to the illegal immigrants.  Let them ruin the rest of the state, and see how many more counties ultimately petition to join.