And if former governors want to pursue office elsewhere after they leave, they can still be chastised or rewarded by the voters. If the problem is a so-called imbalance of power between the executive branch and the legislature, I have a solution for that. Term-limit the legislature, too. I wouldn't be too upset if the state of Virginia had a two-term limit, but one term works just fine. While the Legislature waffles on the car tax, the one-term governor has remained a straight arrow keeping his promise.
Term limits concentrate the mind wonderfully.
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