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Article: Term Limits Under Fire On Council; 7 Members' Seats at Stake
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 25, 2000
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Twice in eight years, Isaac J. Gourdine lost campaigns for County
Council to incumbent Susan V. Mills. In 1994, new, voter-imposed term
limits accomplished what Gourdine could not: Mills was forced from
office, and Gourdine won his long-coveted council seat.
Now Gourdine (D-Fort Washington) is proposing a way to avoid his
predecessor's fate: He has introduced a bill that would allow voters
to decide in November if term limits are such a good idea after all.
Gourdine insists that his opposition to term limits--a sentiment
shared by most council members--is rooted in concern that it will
force a near-complete overhaul of county government in 2002. County
Executive Wayne K. Curry (D) and seven ...