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Time for Congressional Term Limits

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 9, 2025

by Irv Karwick 83 percent of Americans agree! Can you imagine that there would be anything that 83 percent of Americans, of all political persuasions, would agree upon? Well, it is true and is confirmed from sources such as…

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A2Politico: Doing Less for Longer—A Politician’s Dream

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 8, 2015 2

by P.D. Lesko KIRK WESTPHAL CAUSED the political firmament to tremble (convulse, really) when he was just rumored to be prepared to pitch the idea of changing the length of City Council members’ terms from two to four years. The…

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EDITORIAL: Term Limits for Ann Arbor Board and Commission Members

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 11, 2013 0

OVER THE PAST dozen years there has arisen what one City Council member recently referred to as a “professional class” of people who are appointed time and again to serve on Ann Arbor’s boards and commissions. These people are sometimes…