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VHT4ME t1_ivkcvji wrote

Reply to comment by YoYoMoMa in Fox attack on Baltimore? by AlwaysGrateful710

Virginia's governor is termlimited to one 4 year term. This creates a sense of urgancy and forces action. If your satisfied with the status quo by all means vote against question K. Personally I think new people with new ideas could do alot of good for the city. Everything from roads, to crime, to education, to housing and development.

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YoYoMoMa t1_ivkdfg9 wrote

You cannot compare term limiting the executive and term limiting the legislature.

You know what creates urgency among politicians? The desire to get reelected.

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VHT4ME t1_ivkfmgj wrote

Politicians should concern themselves with providing effective leadership and sound policies not JUST thier reelection campaigns.

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YoYoMoMa t1_ivkfvp6 wrote

Well that is great and all but people perform when they are held to account not by you wishing they be better.

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EfficiencySuch6361 t1_ivkil8w wrote

When someone doesn’t have to worry about getting re-elected more than just once, are they going to do what’s best for the people or what’s best to enrich themselves while in office?

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AdDue1062 t1_ivl9qqw wrote

No, that just creates holistically harmful policies that pander to a base at opportune times. Since everyone here seems to be part of that base, I'm not at all surprised at the state of the city.

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todareistobmore t1_ivl2kwx wrote

> Virginia's governor is termlimited to one 4 year term.

VA's also a state where their Republican governor wasn't chosen via an open primary, which allowed him to run as a moderate and govern like he's doing.

Even for all that's wrong with Hogan, we're so much better off with the system we have.

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