Many Weld County residents met last night to discuss the extension or elimination of the State mandated two year term limits on some Weld County officials.

Paul Branham, former Greeley Police Chief, said he is opposed to term limits.

“They’re elected by the people,” Branham said. “If they’re not doing a good job, they should be voted out.”

Branham added that he doesn’t think there’s political support for a removal of term limits so he proposed that the limits be raised to three terms instead of two.

Anyone who knows anything about politics know it doesn’t work that way. Elected officials don’t get voted out just because they aren’t doing a good job. If that was the case people like Marilyn Musgrave, Ted Kennedy and Ted Stevens would be looking for work. Politically, one of the great things about the state of Colorado are it’s term limits. A change of elected officials every four years is a great idea and doesn’t hurt the system at all. Many things can be improved in Weld County, but this is not one of them.

The committee examining term limit extensions will meet for the final time at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 6 in the Weld County Attorney’s office to decide on a recommendation to present to the Board of Weld County Commissioners.