Are these awful names set it stone? Surely they can do better than just a directional California name...
Not that I'd vote for this anyway, but the names would be enough for me to vote No if I otherwise liked it.
I tend to agree, but I suspect there are electoral considerations at work. Picking a name other than a bland direction is more likely to lose votes than to gain them.
Makes me think: every once in a while your state gets silly proposals to split off Chicagoland from the rest of Illinois. What would those states be called in such a proposal? Chicagoland and Illinois? Presumably people in Chicago would be upset about the rest of the state keeping that name.
