Prop #1- Change Legislator Term from 2 yrs to 4 yrs

County Legislature wants to TRIPLE their terms from 2 years to 4 years. IF you let them. But wait, isn't changing their terms to four years only doubling their terms? Not really. Consider this. They complain that they have to campaign soon after getting elected. Good enough for US congressmen but too much work for our county legislators. Besides what does campaigning mean anyway? First off they have to be careful in the year before the election not to do anything that would irritate you voters, like say, raising your taxes 20 PERCENT which they did last year. They hope you will forget that little detail by the time election comes next year. AND they are doing their tripling or their terms this year in the hope you will forget about that by next year's election. With that in mind a 4 year term gives them THREE years to raise you taxes and other vile stuff before they have to be good in the last year before the election, thus TRIPLING their effective terms.

Vote AGAINST Prop #1

 

Here is what I found in the minutes of the legislature.

http://www2.cortland-co.org/Legislature/Minutes/2002/July10-02.htm

http://www2.cortland-co.org/Legislature/Minutes/2002/Aug14-02.htm

FH 11/4/2

Election Night Hint:
The news anchors will not announce their predictions before the polls close starting at 9 PM. But they know long before that. Here is my hint. Watch Dan Rather at CBS. If he looks or acts happy then the democrats are doing well. If he looks or acts sad then the republicans are doing well.