We would maintain an even keel. We would not be threatened with the confusion and waste of new people groping around in the dark trying to figure out parliamentary procedure and micro-managing. A writer to the Sentinel several weeks ago gave us the reasons to reject staggered terms. I would like to respond to some of his major points. Number one was that for 162 years we have elected entire boards every four years.
Traditions are good.
They pass the culture from one generation to the next. But you have to pick which traditions you will follow. When cars and planes were invented, we lost the tradition of traveling by foot or horse. If so then he is breaking with a much older tradition than voting terms. We do have a tradition in Virginia as well as the U.S. of staggered terms.