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Reply to "Will "term limit on MoCo Council members" help MoCo schools?"
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[quote=Anonymous]I oppose term limits in general because they are limits on voter power, not office holder power. You can vote them out any time. And actually voters in this county are more educated and more involved than most, and you "do" vote people out pretty quickly. But term limits don't let you keep the good ones. Term limits in particular limit knowledge and experience in office. And especially at the local level, that matters. It shifts power to career employees, who you can't fire by voting out of office. In some jurisdictions, it shifts power to lobbyists. Again because they've been around and have the knowledge of how things run. Lobbyists really aren't a problem here. But they are at the state level. Newbie elected officials rely heavily on those advisers who have the institutional knowledge, because they don't have it themselves. That could be good, or it could be bad. But you the voter don't have control over it. The 12 year limit is better than an 8 year limit in this regard. Not as harmful. And FWIW, most of those Councilmembers who'd be affected in 2018 are likely running for Executive. So term limits won't matter for them. They'd all be precluded from running for their council seat again. [/quote]
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