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“It’s ludicrous” that they call themselves Republicans, Mayor Jason Pierce said during an interview on election day in early December. “You find a lot of Californians who move here don’t realize how much [liberal] baggage they’re bringing with them.”
Mayoral incumbent Jason Pierce rallies with his supporters on election night in Eagle, Idaho.
Mayoral incumbent Jason Pierce rallies with his supporters on election night in Eagle, Idaho.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

And that’s the irony: Whether locals like it or not, California public pension money is the lifeblood of the economy in this small-government, Republican boomtown.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-12-21/california-cops-firefighters-flee-california-take-pensions-to-eagle-idaho