Hey everyone welcome once again to conversationsations That Matter Podcast.

I'm your host John Harris for a discussion today

with someone who is new to the program.

We have Matt McCaw from the Greater Idaho Project.

Welcome, Matt.

Hi, John, Thanks for having me.

My pleasure.

And Matt is the spokesperson for Greater Idaho.

He's a small business owner, father of eight, and he's a lifelong resident of the state. Not of Idaho, though though I think you told me you're a

resident of Oregon is that correct? That is correct I was born in southern Oregon

grew up in eastern Oregon, Central Oregon lived lived in the Willamma Valley, Portland,

Metro Area. I've lived all over the state. I know the state well and know just why we have

this huge divide in our state as far as politics and culture and the way people live their lives.

Oregon is two very, very different states depending on which side of the mountains you're on.

And I've lived it personally, and most people that have been in

Oregon for very long at all understand that. So that's kind of what drives our movement is this difference

in culture and is different in the way people want to build their

communities, want to govern their communities, and the mismatch between what

people in East Oregon want and what the government that they're getting out of

the west side of the state gives them.

And the website for people who want to know more after this interview is Greater Idaho.org,

greater Idaho.org and there's a lot of information there.

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