Term Limits for Central School Board on Ballot

CENTRAL — Among the numerous candidates and propositions on the Nov. 6 election ballot will be a proposal to allow voters to limit the terms of members of the Central Community School Board to three consecutive four-year terms.

The proposal will be on the ballot as the result of the passage of a state law which required voters in every school district in the state to consider the proposition.

The purpose of term limits is to prevent the accumulation of power by an individual who stays in office for a long time.  But opponents say it should be up to the voters to make that decision in each individual case.

Former Central school board president Sharon Browning said she opposes the proposition, saying, “When an elected official is doing a good job, why limit his time in office?  When he’s not doing a good job, vote him out!”