National Term Limits Reform Movement Continues

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

More from Michigan ... a great Ohio editorial and look what Maine is up to.
 
Revenge of term limits

"For more than four hours, Michigan's government was officially in shutdown mode after the legislature failed in its constitutional duty to enact a balanced budget by midnight, Oct. 1. Finally, the lawmakers narrowly passed two new revenue bills at 4:20 a.m. Monday, and a bone-tired Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a "continuation budget" that allowed the state to begin functioning again.
 
But almost no one deserves praise. The budget process in Michigan is not done, and another government shutdown could occur at the end of this month, if a highly partisan legislature fails to agree on $400 million in cuts that are still needed to balance a budget that should have been final on Sept. 30.
 
What's been going on in Michigan represents selfishness, a clash of narrow ideologies, and, most of all, the utter failure of term limits as a mechanism for good government." 

Think about term limits' impact on state before voting

Calls for State to Change Term Limits

"This year's controversial, chaotic budget process is prompting new calls by some for Michigan to change its law on term limits. At the end of a long, divisive budget year, state leaders are blaming a lack of experience.
 
Gov. Jennifer Granholm, October 1, 2007: "I think term limits definitely created a problem.""