Repeal term limit law for legislators

[ja308]

A longer term strategy could include a bill repealing the term limits currently in place .
Term limits encourage corruption and a so what attitude toward constituents.
Before term limits we cold sometimes target a legislator and he would bak off or modify his views . Today knowing he's termed anyway . Heis planning a future with some antigun foundation ( Joyce)

Term limits hurt us by terming out experienced progun legislators who know the ropes and can stop bad legislation through procedure and clever amendments

Further we are much worse off than before term limits were stupidly voted in .

Any disagreements ?
Lets start some action on this

[cheapblaster]

IMHO a populist bad idea. Let them spend some time there, just like the private sector.

But I am torn by Sen. Lee being termed out....

But no, term limits should be up to the voters, nothing else.

[k1dude]

Our founders always envisioned citizen legislators. As in people having a real job before and after. IIRC, they never envisioned lifetime politicians. We have bastardized things to the point you can be in office forever and completely lose touch with the people.

Terms limits need to be enacted. No jumping from office to office. Total public office limits of something like 15 years need to be in place. It should not be a career. Entrenched scoundrels like Feinswein, Pelosi, Reid, Waters, Kennedy, McCain, Schumer, and Boxer would have been long gone and unable to continually wreak havoc on our Constitutional Republic.

[Enfield47]

Term limits are a good thing. If it weren't for term limits we would be stuck with with some of the worst and most corrupt legislators (remember Don Perada). Politicians are like diapers, they need to changed often and for the same reason.

[emptybottle151]

Funny, I just gave a college speech in favor of term limits. Had to write a paper in favor and oppose of a subject. I picked term limits because most people either don't know or don't care about it and I didn't want a bias grade from my liberal professor. After researching both sides of the subject I do have to agree with you. Term limits seem good at first glance but the devil is in the details. Oh ya got A's on the papers and waiting on the speech results. Funny how I do well in the classes I despise.

[Grumpyoldretiredcop]

Repeal term limits? No way. No more career politicians - that's the long term goal.

Next up: The part-time legislature. Give them enough time to come up with a budget and nothing else. Make them spend the rest of the year scratching for a living like everyone else. Potentially doable on the state level, most likely will never happen on the Federal level.

[duggan]

I like the part time thing myself, even signed a petition for it funny how folks won't let themselves get voted out of a job.

[Knomad]

I will continue to favor term limits. Otherwise some of these folks would be entrenched for life in safe districts. Since they're mostly anti-gun now, they would continue to be that way until they got tired of holding office.

With more frequent change, we have recurring opportunities to support those who agree with us. With other changes in the electoral landscape (redistricting, top two voting, etc) there will be, over the next four to six years, opportunities to move the general assembly in a more moderate direction... if we work at it.

Do you really want to read about Yee for the next 20 years?

[dirty_530]

Term limits? Lets get the leach turds out of office! Public service is an honor, not an money making operation!

[ja308]

I will continue to favor term limits. Otherwise some of these folks would be entrenched for life in safe districts. Since they're mostly anti-gun now, they would continue to be that way until they got tired of holding office.

With more frequent change, we have recurring opportunities to support those who agree with us. With other changes in the electoral landscape (redistricting, top two voting, etc) there will be, over the next four to six years, opportunities to move the general assembly in a more moderate direction... if we work at it.

Do you really want to read about Yee for the next 20 years?

Yee and his voters have Yee s protege already picked. His replacement has a board position for Yee to do more damage.
. I was estatic to see Willie brown termed out . Replaced by Darrell Steinburg ! BFD same guy ,same program.

In the meantime we lost good progunners . Dick Mountjoy and. Don Rogers for example.

Can someone show me where the constitution advocates term limits . This is directed to the prison who knew the intent of the founding fathers .
The 17 amendment was done to trick people and few today realise how bad it is.


Caifornia has had term limits for a few years now .
There is a track record .
OK cal gunners lets see some evidence where term limits have helped the people or you !

Ask Ed Worley or Chuck Michel or any person who works to effect policy ,if they favor term limits.

Yes I do favor a part time legislature ,w/o term limits .
Lets face it the low info voter will continue to elect the same types over and over .
Without mandated terms we could gain time to get the worst ones out ,sending a message to others.

It was gunowners who took out Hollywood sleaze David Roberti
And Mike Roos
Roberti Roos assault weapon law . Both are gone .the old fashioned way .
Unelectable

[arsilva32]

i would like someone to please explain why no term limits would be a good thing? i can't imagine an obama president with no term limit,the way he has the majority of low information,free cell phone voters......could be a long wait for enough votes to beat him out. please explain, am i thinking about it the wrong way?

Lets face it the low info voter will continue to elect the same types over and over .
Without mandated terms we could gain time to get the worst ones out ,sending a message to others.

how are you going to gain anything when your stuck with what we have now,a libtard majority?

[ja308]

i would like someone to please explain why no term limits would be a good thing? i can't imagine an obama president with no term limit,the way he has the majority of low information,free cell phone voters......could be a long wait for enough votes to beat him out. please explain, am i thinking about it the wrong way?






how are you going to gain anything when your stuck with what we have now,a libtard majority?

I was not referring to potus , but lets use it anyway .
How is BO any worse than Hillary or Even Clintoon himself .

The fact we allowed our schools to not teach ,our media to not report and ourselves to know little of our foundation is the heart of our problem .

Winning elections is hard work , we have billionaire s secretly promoting 3 rd party's .
However if we can convince ourselves ,to be single issue voters the task is not complicated.

The joy of seeing an antigun tool thrown out of office by voters is a delightful experiance . Recall big shot Tom Foley ?
Tom Dashle ?

[Wrangler John]

My idea of term limits is one office, one term at all levels of government. One elected position at the city, county and state level, then one position at the federal level and it's over. Get a job or starve. Oh, and there would be a prohibition against serving as a lobbyist, political advisor, or in any way capitalizing on the previous governmental service.

I'd also prohibit naming any state or national building, facility, monument or park after any elected official. We don't need a national cult of personality, or deification of Caesar in a representative republic.

What a meanie!

[nicki]

Disagree.

I support term limits, but what we need to go along with that is "SUNSET" on all laws and regulations created under those laws.

I think an across the board 12 year sunset on all laws both new and on the books is in order, that will force a big house cleaning.

On average we get something in the neighborhood of 1500 plus new laws every year.

Experienced politicians get more experienced at screwing us.

Of course the big problem right now is "Staffers", they are the ones who yeild the real power.

The people who should yeild the power are the "People" themselves, but that requires taking personal responsiblity and that is just "too hard" for the voting population.

Nicki

[jeffrice6]

Politicians are like diapers, they need to changed often and for the same reason.

Amen!!!