I’ve spent the last couple of days at work researching the San Fernando Valley’s push to secede from the city of Los Angeles, which will be put to a vote in November. Believe it or not, this actually allowed me to blogcrawl a bit: one of the most useful resources I found was the witty, pro-secessionist blog Valley Secession Fever. Check it out: the issue is an interesting one, because LA officials are fighting like crazy to prevent their cash cow, the Valley, from ending its own exploitation by downtown.