Good for you Dave Schulz!

It's pretty obvious to quite a few of us what term limits means. I give Dave major credit for going before Toledo City Council to ask they clarify this. Personally I think it should have been addressed before the primaries, however better late than never.

Some interesting quotes from the above linked Toledo Blade article and an interesting Editorial on the same topic:

Editorial from Today's Blade:

McCloskey's end run

The city charter states a councilman may serve no more than three consecutive four-year terms. An amendment excluded a special two-year term created to stagger the elections of dis-trict and at-large members.

If elected, Mr. McCloskey and Ms. Shultz, each will have served 16 years when their terms end.

"I believe the intent of the voters was to limit councilman to 12 consecutive years," Mr. Schulz, an endorsed Republican, wrote in a letter he plans to distribute today to council members.

Councilman Rob Ludeman, who has served as long as Ms. Shultz and Mr. McCloskey, said he opted against making the switch being attempted by Mr. McCloskey. "Three terms is what the voters expected and if it can be clarified so there is not an inconsistency down the road then that is a good thing to do," Mr. Ludeman said.

Council President Louis Escobar said he wanted to put the issue on the ballot in 2004 to close the loopholes but was discouraged because of the number of issues already on the ballot.

He said he thinks the charter intended no more than the three four-year terms Ms. Shultz and Mr. McCloskey have served. "It was very clear what the people intended," Mr. Escobar said.

It's obvious that Toledo voters who made McCloskey the number one vote getter need to decide if they really do want politicians to follow the City Charter and the law or not.