Comments on: Dan Branch Seeks Reelection http://www.parkcitiespeople.com/2011/11/28/dan-branch-seeks-reelection/ Best Weekly Newspaper in Texas Wed, 23 May 2012 20:49:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: peter griffin http://www.parkcitiespeople.com/2011/11/28/dan-branch-seeks-reelection/comment-page-1/#comment-363193 peter griffin Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:15:13 +0000 http://www.parkcitiespeople.com/?p=18132#comment-363193 representative branch is a gentleman and a scholar and i am sure represents his constituency well. but for pete's sake, he should consider declaring this is last term, if elected, and impose term limits on himself. at the national level, the newt gingrich authored "contract with america" had term limits as one of its goals. after the new congress became comfortable in their role on the dole, this so called "citizen legislature act" was never seriously considered or even brought to a vote. we need to return to the era of citizen legislators as selfless servants. representative branch could lead by example, urging his fellow representatives to do the same. representative branch is a gentleman and a scholar
and i am sure represents his constituency well.
but for pete’s sake, he should consider declaring
this is last term, if elected, and impose
term limits on himself.

at the national level, the newt gingrich authored “contract with america” had term limits as one of its goals. after the new congress became comfortable in their role on the dole, this so called “citizen legislature act” was never seriously considered or even brought to
a vote.

we need to return to the era of citizen legislators
as selfless servants. representative branch could
lead by example, urging his fellow representatives
to do the same.

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