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Mike Chapman, Redding Record Searchlight, and Keith Ridler, Associated Press
Conservative North State residents upset with the political climate in Sacramento sometimes might think they d be better off in Idaho.
If one group has its way, those frustrated far Northern Californians wouldn t have to move anywhere and instead let Idaho come to them.
A grass-roots movement called Move Oregon’s Border For a Greater Idaho wants to see Idaho s boundary swallow three-fourths of like-minded Oregon and eventually encompass parts of the North State and southeastern Washington. A lot of people call in from Northern California and ask to help out in any way, said Keaton Ems, a spokesman for Move Oregon’s Border For a Greater Idaho.