Throughout the 1970s & 1980s, one could see “Don’t Californicate Oregon” on the I-5 freeway that flowed through Oregon, from the California/Mexico border to the Washington/Canada border. The signs were more numerous near the Oregon/California border, of course. This was a not-too-polite way to tell Californians moving to Oregon to leave their Leftist politics behind. I don’t recall when these signs started disappearing; but, the warning was not taken seriously. Ever more Democrats took over the State of Oregon, many from California, and implemented the same policies that turned California from one of the most prosperous states in the union, into the Third World cesspool it is today.
WE WATCHED THE DISINTEGRATION OF OREGON
My husband and I lived in the Portland area for 44 years, and watched the incremental decline in virtually every aspect of life, as Democrat voters voted in ever more insane politicians and policies. And, yes, most Californians who fled to Oregon brought their Leftist insanity with them. Indeed, most such transplants seemed incapable of recognizing that the policies & politicians they voted for caused the problems from which they fled.^
As taxes went up, services for the average Oregonian went down because the money was being used on worthless programs that funneled citizens’ money to Democrat donors, NGOs and other grifters. In the last decade, homeless Oregonians have increased tenfold, violent crime has taken over the streets in the bigger cities, the police have been sidelined & demoralized, illegal aliens are treated like super citizens, and every form of woke insanity has been implemented including castration of small children at the biggest health care system in the state, Oregon Health Sciences University.
California, Oregon and Washington, all owned by Democrats for decades, are virtually indistinguishable. Sane residents refer to these three Left Coast states as COW. When one comes up with an asinine idea, the other two quickly copy it. Now, the Democrat candidates for president and vice president want to spread California insanity (and Minnesota insanity) to every state in the union. Indeed, given Tim Walz’s close personal relationship with the Chinese Communist Party and his love of Mao Zedong’s “Little Red Book,” the tyranny will come with a Maoist twist.
Since Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate, I have been researching life in Minnesota. It appears that Governor Walz wasted little time in turning the largest city, Minneapolis, into a hellscape similar to Oregon’s biggest city, Portland. Now, he and Harris are hoping to “Californicate America.”
It's Baaaaaack: Bill To Jail Americans For "Wrong Speak" Re-Introduced
The Democrat candidate for Washington’s governorship, who currently serves as attorney general, has been working on a scheme to send Christians, Conservatives, Republicans and other freethinkers to deprogramming camps, psych wards and/or prisons for the
Great article Diane, I am convinced that conversatives are better at running a state and city. Liberals are allowing illegal immigrants, releasing convicted criminals, under funding schools and etc. To me sadly! Californication is happening in all blue states in America.
If Democrats could learn, they’d not be Democrats.