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Alan says: I am in favor of limiting the governor to two consecutive terms. But blacklisting someone after eight years altogether, regardless of how good or bad they did their job, can needlessly force an effective public official out of public service. Many state governors throughout history have served well over eight years without their constituents regretting it. I would point out that such a system is wholly unworkable in twenty-first century America: we live in the era of the permanent campaign and the 24-hour news cycle. A governor facing re-election every other year would essentially do nothing but fundraise (which is close to what most do anyway even with four-year terms). (November 19th, 2009 at 11:09pm)
Robert Bryce
Columns | Miscellany
Merchant of Death
By pooh-poohing sentimentality and focusing on profits, Houston funeral home mogul Robert Waltrip is making a killing. (June 1996)
Reporter
War Rooms
A massive buildup for Texas Tech University’s Vietnam archive. (June 1997)
Fishy
The Barton Springs salamander goes to court. (August 1996)
Trash Talk
Why the citizens of Alvin are down in the dumps over garbage. (June 1996)
Cattle Call
The Federal Express of the cattle business. (May 1996)
Bombers Away
The B-1 bomber costs too much and does too little—so who wants to keep it alive? The people of Abilene, whose economy could take a direct hit if the Pentagon pulls the trigger. (May 1996)
War, Inc.
Brown and Root goes to Bosnia for the Pentagon—and cleans up. (April 1996)
All’s Well?
Candelaria’s only well supplied free water to all until the EPA weighed in. (January 1992)
