1.   And what does this say about the way the city will deal with the secession movement?

2.   At that point, the San Fernando Valley group had built the most momentum of any existing secession movement.

3.   A large part of his speech criticizes the secession movement, saying the LAFCO report released Friday confirms that a Valley city is a bad idea.

4.   Critics and rent-control advocates say real-estate interests seem to be driving the secession movement.

5.   Even in those breakaway heydays, however, it is unclear whether there was widespread public support for the secession movement.

6.   I think a lot of it came from the secession movement and is moving into the area of charter reform.

7.   Indeed, some people in western Suffolk detect a touch of elitism in the secession movement.

8.   Instead the campaign has been dominated by earnest talk of traffic, schools, sprawl and efforts to head off threatened secession movements in the Valley and harbor district.

9.   It also is the secession movement that has driven much of the debate.

10.   Leaders of the Valley secession movement accused the city of intentionally trying to derail their efforts.