Scott Hennen’s interview with State Representative Jeff Backer
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – GOP State Representative Jeff Backer of Browns Valley is working on a bill that would allow county commissioners in Minnesota to vote on seceding to a different state.
Backer, whose district includes Wilkin, Otter Tail, Grant and Traverse counties, says the state counties could secede to don’t have to be one bordering Minnesota. There are efforts in Indiana to allow 33 counties from Illinois to join the state…