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No Uncertain Terms Podcast Episode 96: Bonfire in Baton Rouge

Philip Blumel: Bonfire in Baton Rouge. The saga of the term limits convention bill took an explosive turn last week as politicians locked arms against the citizenry. Hi, I’m Philip Blumel. Welcome to No Uncertain Terms, the official podcast of the term limits movement for the week of June 29, 2020. Stacey Selleck: Your sanctuary

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No Uncertain Terms Podcast Episode 95: Term Limits Deja Vu In Louisiana

Philip Blumel: It’s Term Limits Deja Vu In Louisiana. Hi, I’m Philip Blumel, welcome to no uncertain terms. The official podcast of the Term Limits movement for the week of June 22, 2020. Speaker 2: Your sanctuary from partisan politics. Philip Blumel: The Term Limits convention bill passed the Louisiana house early last week. The

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Term Limits Q&A with State Rep. Geraldine Thompson (D-FL)

Why do you support term limits? Thompson: As a Democrat, I work to uphold the principles of my party: expanding democracy and providing citizens with fair elections. Whether that means protecting the right to vote, lessening corporate influence or getting money out of politics, Democrats need to stand on the front lines of putting power

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Louisiana Senate Committee Passes Resolution to Term Limit Congress

For immediate release June 19, 2020 Contact: Ken Clark, U.S. Term Limits Phone: 307-286-4776 kclark@termlimits.com Louisiana Senate Committee Passes Resolution to Term Limit Congress Baton Rouge, LA — The Louisiana Senate committee on Government Affairs just passed a resolution calling for the states to propose a congressional term limits amendment to the U.S. Constitution. House

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Ferguson, Missouri Gets First Ever Black Mayor Thanks to Term Limits

by Stacey Selleck Yesterday, Councilmember Ella Jones was sworn in as Mayor of Ferguson, Missouri. Mayors get sworn in all the time so why is this one of particular significance? Jones is the first black and first woman mayor ever elected to lead the city that reached the national spotlight for racial unrest back in

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Politicians Don’t Believe Their Own BS

By Nick Tomboulides If you pay attention, you’ll see career politicians subtly reveal that – despite their words — they don’t REALLY believe that “elections are term limits.” Take fundraising for example. If incumbents really believed that elections were a fair process to decide who holds power, they would refuse to accept any special interest and

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Should Florida bail out New York?

By Philip Blumel Should Florida bail out New York? That is the provocative headline in the Wall Street Journal on May 17th. The editorial looked at the way the two states have managed their economy and finances over the last decade. The comparison has some lessons for the term limits movement. From anti-term-limits politicians and

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