Bob McKnight

Post # 69, Bob McKnight's Subscription Commentary Clever lobbyists crafted an answer to voter frustration--term limits. They only work if you include all the players--members, lobbyists, and the staff. A growing mantra among the angry electorate is "Term Limits...Throw Em Out." Viscerally, it makes sense. How could we do worse? Break the system so we can then fix it? The massive retirement benefits voted in by the members of Congress for themselves only adds fuel to the

Regardless of how one feels about "Term Limits," they are law now. As an amendment to our Constitution, Terms Limits mean that service in the Florida Legislature can be more longer than 8 years in succession, for each chamber. Advocates argue that Term Limits forces turnover for what as designed as a "Citizen's Legislature," meeting for 60 days each year. Opponents say that by limiting the terms of lawmakers, and no others, it shifts the political power to unelected lobbyi