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  • Term Limits Work

    08/15/2011 5:56:54 AM PDT · by TheBombshellProject · 2 replies
    BizPac Review ^ | 8-14-2011 | John R. Smith
    The two smartest political votes that Palm Beach County voters ever passed were Term Limits for county commissioners (2002) and Single Member Districts for the county commission (1988). Both votes removed political power from the hands of a few to the hands of many. More recently, the best political news I heard all week is that an appeals court ruled that voters can choose to amend a county’s charter to mandate term limits for county commissioners. Something bizarre happens to most politicians when they stay in public office too long. They deny it, but I have seen it happen dozens...