From: David Andrews 
Subject: Re: Political Comparrison
I personally am not in favor of term limits.  I think they can be arbitrary
and are just an excuse for people.
Yes, there may be times when leadership needs to be turned over, but there
are also times when a leader is doing a great job.  We shouldn't turn
him/her out just because a certain period of time has passed.  We should
take our vote seriously and exercise that vote.
David Andrews
On 1997-08-27 NFB-Talk@NFBnet.org said:
 AB>There have been several posts comparing Federation politics with the
 AB>political process at large, especially national election politics.
 AB>Mr. Gashel suggested to me that I make an effort to make positive
 AB>suggestions and contributions, and this suggestion has merit, so
 AB>here goes. The President of the United States is limited to two,
 AB>(2), terms of service, with total time not to exceed ten, (10)
 AB>years. Many states have established term limits for their elected
 AB>officials. I there fore suggest that the Federation consider and
 AB>establish term limits for its national officers and board members,
 AB>and that state affiliates do likewise. This would allow for new
 AB>ideas and new blood to make it to the top of the organization. It
 AB>would allow the many gifted leaders and bright minds of the
 AB>organization to make even greater contributions. It would add new
 AB>life to the organization, and guarrentee a bright future. Political
 AB>office should not be a lifetime occupation for anyone. It has been
 AB>said that absolute power corrupts absolutely. The longer one stays
 AB>in power, the easier it becomes to lose perspective, and to forget
 AB>the constituency that helped you to get there. If term limits are
 AB>wise for our elected government officials, why not for our
 AB>Federation elected officials? Andy Baracco
David Andrews (dandrews@visi.com)
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