It really does seem a bit odd that a mayor with a 67 percent approval rating should be forced from office because of a term limits law. I suppose I understand the theory that presidential-level term limits serve as a check on tyranny, but there doesn't seem to me to be a good reason to worry about that at the local level of government.
Matthew Yglesias is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic.
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