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Date Posted: 16:09:34 02/27/03 Thu
Author: James
Subject: Re: 4 yr term for Governor
In reply to: Mr. Big 's message, "4 yr term for Governor" on 16:03:38 02/27/03 Thu

Well put, I agree. The idea that State reps should have a 4 yr term has been put out there and I think that is just ridiculous. One the cost and time put into a house race is no comparison to that put into a statewide office. Also, leaving the house at a two yr term allows the people to make changes in their government more readily than having everyone elected to a four yr term. I think maybe there is a grab for power by some reps or maybe they are too lazy to run the campaign every two yrs. Alternating the election of half the senators would be a great idea if we were to make the Senate a 4 yr term but I think a two year term is better for the people to be able to change the government than a 4 yr term.


>I think a four year term for Governor is in order.
>First the cost to run this race is around a million
>bucks that is a lot of cash. Secondly, by the time
>someone gets settled in and rolling they have less
>than a year before they have to start campaigning
>again.
>The house should stay 2 yrs, it is inexpensive to run
>these races and the districts are small enough. There
>is also no staff involved except for the speaker's
>staff person. The Senate should stay two years
>although i would go along with 4 yr terms with half of
>the seats up for re-election ever two years (staggered
>like the US Senate).
>Lt. Gov should either be on same ticket as Gov or
>maintained as a two yr term as a balance of power
>issue. THe other Constitutional offices except for
>secretary of state could be made appointed offices
>especially attorney general or could stay two yr terms
>it doesn't make much difference. The one thing that
>would raise a flag is having the treasurer and auditor
>under the same persons control but if we had the
>auditor selected by the legislature that would take
>care of that issue. What do you all think?

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  • Re: 4 yr term for Governor -- Bulldogscm, 07:37:48 03/01/03 Sat
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