Sept. 18, 2012
6:19 p.m.
Insisting on rapid rotation -- for the sake of rapid rotation -- ensures that ALAC leadership will never have the depth necessary to deal with issues that matter to Internet end-users. Our adversaries -- those who dispense with the public interest because of financial gain -- have no such limits.
Indeed. Experience in legislatures that impose term limits has shown that its main effect is to move the power to staff and lobbyists who aren't term limited. I've always said that if you think someone's been in an office too long, don't vote for him or her. If nobody else is willing to run, then you should either run or stop complaining. R's, John