Killington, Vermont, is a small ski-resort town, barely a thousand permanent residents, and usually second only to Stowe in the esteem of skiers. They also have been paying about $20 million dollars a year to the state in taxes. They fought that in court, won in a lower court, but lost in the State Supreme Court.
Some people, at that point, would look at taking it to the U.S. Supreme Court. Others would just sigh and give up. Not the people of Killington, though. They went looking for a third option, and found it about 30 miles east.
Too funny that you posted this today. I was just talking with a friend yesterday about this very thing (mostly it was a conversation about how weird most of Vermont is).
I recently purchased a vactaion home in VT, and in driving around the state one comes upon signs, banners and barns painted with the slogan “Take Back Vermont”. I would venture a guess that these are aimed at the flatlander crowd from NY-CT-MA that has moved in over the years and taken VT gov’t to the extreme liberal position that it is in today.
A town in Utah actually did this a few years back, becoming part of Nevada. But it was right on the border.
Steve, that sounds interesting. I’d be eager to read up on it. What was the name of the town?