Several of us have been pushing for months to get the Encinitas School board to discuss seriously term limits and we just asked for an action item to be added to the April agenda for the board to vote on them. Instead we have an agenda that includes a Discussion on term limits (again) and a prepared Resolution to Adopt campaign contribution limits of no more than $1000 except for personal funders or independent expenditures (aka union and PAC money). If you are an incumbent you barely have to spend anything to stay in office - it's a known fact. If you are a new challenger you need money to create name recognition and get people to know who you are. This is so clearly an attempt by the board to prevent challengers from earning a seat on the board. People have been writing to the board for months asking for them to consider term limits - again the incumbents are totally tone deaf to the community.
Any relation to Trader Joes being closed Saturday afternoon?
ReplyDeleteSeveral of us have been pushing for months to get the Encinitas School board to discuss seriously term limits and we just asked for an action item to be added to the April agenda for the board to vote on them. Instead we have an agenda that includes a Discussion on term limits (again) and a prepared Resolution to Adopt campaign contribution limits of no more than $1000 except for personal funders or independent expenditures (aka union and PAC money). If you are an incumbent you barely have to spend anything to stay in office - it's a known fact. If you are a new challenger you need money to create name recognition and get people to know who you are. This is so clearly an attempt by the board to prevent challengers from earning a seat on the board. People have been writing to the board for months asking for them to consider term limits - again the incumbents are totally tone deaf to the community.
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