The Land of Enchantment has officially picked a fight with Texas. Last week, the New Mexico Senate initiated proceedings in an attempt to sue for possession of more than 600,000 acres of the Lone Star State.
Sen. Shannon Robinson, D-Albuquerque, the man responsible for the controversy, says a strip of land along the border was attributed to Texas due to a survey error in 1859. He intends to correct the mistake.
The area in question measures 2.29 to 3.77 miles wide and includes the towns of Texline, Farwell and Bledsoe, among others. Referring to the Texans who would be affected by the land claim, Robinson told The Dallas Morning News, "I think they'll be happier as New Mexicans." He added, "Life is going to drastically improve for those people."
Although Robinson says they're really after the oil and natural gas that lie beneath the land, Texas Twisted believes that New Mexico, a state that couldn't come up with an original name for itself, just wants to square off that annoying little protuberance next to Oklahoma.
In a very effective effort to be obnoxious about the whole thing, Robinson quipped, "We want to get to the land before they pave it, because that's what Texans do." Apparently, it's better off covered in pink stucco.
Though the battle over the Panhandle real estate has just begun, the ordeal has already raised two very important questions:
1. What would they call State Line Road if it's no longer on the state line?
2. What kind of name is Shannon for a man, anyway? |
