Portland is a stinking commie shithole. The rest of Oregon is relatively sane.

 And the further you get from Portland, the more sane it gets.

In the small-ish burg of Baker City, way out in Eastern Oregon, far away from the capital city, a proposal among business leaders has ignited a movement. Now, the mayor says other towns across Oregon are looking to her city as a model to fight back against an out-of-control governor.

The short-short version is that Baker City is essentially telling Portland's governor (she sure as hell ain't the governor for the whole state!) that they are done with her stupidity, and she and the rest of the commies from Multnomah county can pound sand.