I wonder how they are doing now. Did they manage to create this “republican city”? it reminds me of that episode of Family Guy when Peter wanted to create his own county named “Petoria”. And he did it because the city would not allow him to build a pool inside his house
And I suppose the actual city residents had no word in these decisions. It makes me think there should be a better system to ensure communication between the residents and the city council members. My good friend lives in the UK, and they have a system like this in their city. this platform allows them to rate or report incidents in councils and create requests and petitions to influence the decisions being made.

Who could blame them for rebelling against the outrageous and radical policies of the communist republic of Kalifornia?

So be it! Cut them off by all state funds, police enforcement, and school funding.