However, under Proposition 140, passed several years ago, terms of legislators are limited, with two terms the maximum for senators. Since she could not run for another term in the Senate, friends and supporters encouraged her to run again for the Assembly because the limits there were not in effect when she racked up her 12-year stint. However, she told the press that would be like graduating from high school and returning to kindergarten. Cathie s term as a senator ended on November 30, 2000. She was honored at farewell parties hosted by colleagues, other government officials and friends.
Women are sometimes prone to screech when they have a problem.
But a woman can t do that in politics. She has to keep cool and focused. If I write the book I m going to call it, Being in the Wright Lane. Cathie has, indeed, gone a long way since her growing-up days in Old Forge. Had she won her race for lieutenant governor, she might have become a candidate for governor.