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Article: D.C. Panel Backs Repeal of Term Limits; Council Committee Challenges Legality of Cap Imposed by Voters in 1994
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- April 25, 2001
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A D.C. Council panel yesterday endorsed a proposal to repeal term
limits for members of the council and the Board of Education, a
signal that lawmakers are likely to overrule the voters who enacted
term limits six years ago at the ballot box.
The Committee on Government Operations voted 5 to 0, without
debate, to recommend passage of the bill. A 1994 voter initiative
restricted the mayor, council members and school board members to two
consecutive four-year terms.
Activists have lambasted council members for disregarding the will
of the electorate, which approved term limits with 62 percent of the
vote in November 1994. It was the same election in which Marion Barry
made a political comeback ...