Other contenders are also gearing up. He hailed the decision as the most definitive closure possible. The people of Florida have spoken and it's time for new ideas. It's simply time for incumbents to take their experience and their leadership abilities and do something else. Start photocopying the rule book, in other words, instead of treating it as sacred text to be unveiled in hieroglyphic bits and pieces over the course of decades.
New members are bright, energetic and hard-working.
Such power-grabbing hubris will also likely be slapped down in the courts. At least one representative facing ouster, Jacksonville's Jim Fuller, is setting his sites on the U.S. Congress, specifically the congressional seat of one Tillie Fowler, who has hinted persistently that she may welsh on her 1992 pledge to step down from office in 2000. And now she's staying while the rest of us have eight-year term limits. Citizens for Term Limits plans to set up forums across Florida to encourage citizens to throw their hats in the ring. When Meehan first ran for office in 1992, he pledged to serve no more than eight years in the House.