They say Lanier needs another term to continue plans for a downtown baseball stadium and neighborhood revitalization projects. The legislation still must go before the full House. A potential uphill fight in the Senate and skepticism from Gov. George W. Bush also loom. But it would not allow Lanier and others to seek a fourth two-year term. Clymer Wright, a businessman who has considered a mayoral run, led the 1991 drive for term limits and says he'll fight plans to change them.
Some voters agree.
If it is an issue to be revisited, it should be revisited after this administration. Another voter, Mildred Yongue, says term limits should be abolished. She thinks Lanier is doing a good job and probably would vote for him again. At a recent news conference, Lanier pounded the podium as he said he unfairly was being lambasted for the term limits issue. Lanier backed term limits six years ago but his opinion has shifted.