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Today’s question:
QUESTION: Do you think local elected officials (city councilmembers, county supervisors, etc.) should have term limits?
Talk about it….
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ABSOLUTELY !
Absolutely! And, “you-know-who” is way past her expiration date.
Term limits only allow for one moron to replace another moron a bit quicker. The problem is that the majority of California voters are uninformed and ignorant and until that changes, there is no hope statewide. California will continue its downward spiral at the local level and especially at the state level.
You betcha!
100% Suggest a staggered terms style term limit – individuals can hold office for two consecutives terms then must skip a term before running for re-election. That way the city/county doesn’t lose the ability to have good elected officials continue to serve but does provide for preventing one individual to take up a seat for years and years based on incumbency bias, corporate/developer/union money, or appointment over election.
Yes ! Absolutely. We have had the same old ones ruining this city for way to long. It’s time to kill the good ol boys network they have created and abused for way to long
How much does it really matter in this area? People here vote straight down the line the way they have always voted….It doesn’t matter what kind of a job the person has actually done & it is nearly impossible to get an accurate, reasonable & unbiased viewpoint from the local media (don’t even get me started on the national media)….They support the liberal candidates each and every time even going so far as to mislead voters and in some cases out and out lie to them about what has been done and what will be done. If there are term limits one far left liberal will merely be replaced by another. More and more there is no middle ground in these parts.
For our locality? Would there even be somebody to take the place of the term limited Council member? Does not seem to be a hotly contested position. Regardless, it would seem reasonable for some type of limit.
Yes, one and done.
It should be easier to run for local office.
No signs, no mail, no costly advertising.
A personal letter written by each candidate on why they want to be a council member and let the people
vote.
Keep it simple, keep it honest and let the people manage their government.
And speaking of signs, candidates need to take their signs down!
Elected local government? No.
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State and Federal elected officials? YES…. long-serving House of Representatives and State Senators need term limits. And once you serve in one house of Congress, you cannot serve in the other for at least four years.
I’d like to see the Concord Mayor elected by the public, not appointed by city council members. We are the largest city in Contra Costa County, let’s act like it.
This makes perfect sense considering how Concord has grown since the City Council, with it’s “Musical Chairs Mayor,” was originally instituted.
Duh. How are we even here?
Yes
yes – no question.. at every level – city, county, state, and everything in-between
The problem that term limits has created is career politicians constantly looking for the next office to run for. Rather than the standard 2-term limit we should goto unlimited non-consecutive terms, one term in office, one term out of office before being eligible to run for that office again, then eligible to repeat.
In the recent Concord City Council District 1 & 5 election only Robert Ring supported term limits, the rest of the candidates were unsupportive of term limits and several said “elections are term limits.”
The City of Concord should goto a directly elected Mayor and Vice Mayor.
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