Washington State is a diverse state in many respects – diverse people, places, ideas, everything. Diversity is at the core of everything we are taught in school, in the images we see in local media, and in the history of our state itself. This diversity is an asset to our state and our region as a whole by providing all our citizens with a rich sense of background and unity, because while we are diverse, we are also all rooted in our region’s common heritage in nature and independence.

So why am I about to argue against the political diversity of our state and region when I say that Eastern Washington and Western Washington should split ways? Well, it might seem like an odd point-of-view, but it is indeed an important aspect to consider we think about what is best for the citizens of our state.