Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Would term limits fix bad judgement?

Inexperienced governor? She's on her second term! She's been in office 6 years!!!

Would voters loosen term limits?
Legislature may ask, but hurdles loom

Detroit Free Press

Michigan voters were in a surly mood in 1992 when they voted overwhelmingly to limit the terms of the state's elected officials.

The thinking went something like: If we can't get them to behave, let's make them leave.

Fifteen years later voters appear surly again, in part because many people blamed the recent budget crisis on the chaotic performance of an inexperienced governor and legislators.

Consider that the top three leaders in the House today have less than 13 years of legislative experience among them, compared to 40 years for the same three positions in 1992.

Still, would voters change the law?

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