Author: Stacey Selleck

by Stacey Selleck Right now, term limits are on the ballot in Brownsville, Texas and the City of Aventura, Florida. It is important that we implement and maintain or make better existing term limits at all levels of government including municipal, state, and federal offices. This week, early voting started and term limits supporters in

by Stacey Selleck Tennessee is on fire for term limits on Congress. Not only did we pass our Article V Term Limits Proposal resolution through the state house, the same week both Mayor Glenn Jacobs of Knox County and Rep. Tim Burchett published op-eds in prominent papers. With all the attention on Tennessee, we increased

By NICOLAS TOMBOULIDES In the year 2000, a 54-year-old congressman from Illinois defeated his 39-year-old primary challenger by a two-to-one margin. The incumbent outraised his opponent by $300,000. While 90 percent of voters had heard of the incumbent’s name before, only 11 percent knew of the challenger. Now, this story wouldn’t be particularly remarkable if

Term limits would remind members of Congress that they work for the people, not the other way around. by Glenn Jacobs, Mayor of Knox County Tennessee When Congress first moved to term-limit the presidency in 1947, President Harry Truman wrote a note endorsing what would become the 22nd Amendment. But Truman added a suggestion. He also

Spring is a celebration of fertility and rebirth… a time when youngsters are groomed to eventually replace previous generations. However, in a seniority system, the aged cling to their positions well into their 80s. In the U.S., the typical retirement age is 63. Not so in Congress… where the octogenarian caucus is the largest it’s