Random draw. Like the draft. One term, then bring in new blood. Can't be worse than the derelicts we send to Washington to enrich themselves for a lifetime, right now.
I've always said "jury duty or conscriptment"
Would you wager the casualties of term limits (the exceptions) are acceptable compared to the current way?
I'm just not informed or qualified to give an answer. In our particular case, we are part of probably one of the richest counties in CA. Santa Clara county. Fortunately or unfortunately,,,,our piece of the county is very rural, and sparsely populated. Our previous supervisor lived on the outskirts of the back country close to town. He and his 2 predecessors termed out. They were all very in touch with the area and were as responsive as possible to our wants and needs. The new guy won't even acknowledge we exist. He was elected by the majority of the population in the district. For his predecessors term limits were bad for us. For this guy term limits will be good. Our area of his district only carries 50-60 votes so voting him out won't happen.
(This isn't towards county positions, but federally) I think the population size and density has outgrown the electoral college, and my opinion is to have the EC be effective again at representing the populace, it needs to be adjusted due to the densities.
I'm not sure what laws exist towards the governor assigning the duties in that situation, but I can't believe it's allowable if they aren't a current resident.. I also can't speak to particulars on the length of time one must reside prior to
And that is the same point to argue against term limits. If new members have to be “brought up to speed” then it will be typically done by lobbyists. Many states have term limits, like MT. It seems for every problem they fix, they create a new one to replace it.
I don't remember in the book if Buck was pushing the issue of term limits as much as it was my personal take on the issue.
Yessir, or simply hide in plain sight while allowing their colleagues, staff, and pledged media to finger paint ridiculously parsed narratives disguised as earnest explanations.
Lots of that too. The problem I have is we, as a society, have stop talking about solutions to problems and spend more time on stupid, petty shit. Politicians just join in so they can have a job and a little fame. Our current problems are hard and politicians seem to get dumber and less informed every time new ones get elected. I'm not sure if term limits help or hurt if we continue to lower the bar. And let's be honest, most voters aren't interested in doing any research so the incumbent has a huge advantage in any race.
