Personally, I have no problem with reasonable term limits for elected office and for public boards, particularly if there is sufficient numbers of positions rotating in and out, on and off, to allow for continuity so hard learned lessons aren’t lost. I’d be in favor of that, I think, particularly if there were provisions to stop the revolving doors that could still exist. But there is a difference in staff bureaucrats, board members and elected officials. And there is a difference in staffing referred to as Bureaucrats doing their job and doing it well in the name of the people, and bureaucrats and elected officials who are caving to big business lobbying interests and big campaign contributors. If term limits were on the ballot I’m not so sure it would ever pass much less in the first try. Look at who votes (few), and the amount of money that goes into defeating that kind of ballot initiative by corporate interests and investors. Personally, I think if more people were paying attention to all this locally instead of focusing on DC we’d see better outcomes, at least to begin with. Do it from the bottom up. The stuff that’s been going on in NC and around here by all the usual suspects and those who fund them and have power over them. It is startling once you see it. Both parties have ruled over that for a very long time.
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