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1. Global warming claims all hot air, says speaker at OU2. OU student charged with raping 17-year-old3. Police chief: City can’t stop parties before they start4. For most, the journey to Nine Fest seemed worth it5. Is another oil and gas land-rush starting in Athens?6. Parties spun by OU alums have bootie-shakers raving7. High St. student renters take on big local landlord8. Tanning parlor fights to get back into uptown Athens storefront9. Oak and Mill fests mellow down easy10. City Council acts to ban ‘fracking’ in water supply area11. Landowners’ group renews leasing pitch12. Wal-Mart asks judge to grant store win in shoplifter’s lawsuit13. Electric blue skies, May warmth frame music fest14. OU and city officials urge better fest behavior15. Pills defeated relative when no other drugs could do it16. David Alan Jones17. Hall of Fame baseball coach calls it a day at OU18. Local developers hoping to revive struggling hotel19. Festering fests; down, down deep; and the Golden Rule20. Nine Festers enjoy the sun and music, without the mud
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Home / Articles / Editorial / Letters / Term limits aren’t as important an issue as $$ and lobbying reform
Sunday, January 29,2012
Term limits aren’t as important an issue as $$ and lobbying reform
To the Editor:
I read Athens NEWS Editor Terry Smith's Jan. 26 "Wearing Thin" column on term limits with great interest. Mr. Smith fails to recognize that the influx of cash into our elections renders the "choice" of candidates an illusion. While he makes fine points, the only way to get rid of term limits would be to publicly finance all campaigns so that it was a truly level playing field. Moreover, if lobbyists taking advantage of elected officials is a problem, then the solution is lobbying reform, not tinkering with one of the few checks left on the entrenchment of power in our democracy.
Sean
Harris
Worthington,
Ohio
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