Quinn once was for term limits. Is he still?

January 29th, 2009 at 10:35pm Chuck Sweeny

Scott Richert of Chronicles Magazine informs me that Pat Quinn wrote an op-ed piece for the magazine back in 1994 in which he advocated term limits. I did not remember that, but it would be interesting to know whether Quinn still backs term limits.

Quinn, while in law school in 1980, was the author of the legislative cutback amendment which reduced the size of the state House. He has also been a longtime proponent of giving voters the power to recall their elected officials, from alderman up to governor.

He did reiterate that recall position Thursday night, when asked about it at his first presser.

One thing that will change: The governor will meet regularly with the other four, statewide elected officials. Indeed, he said he’s already been doing that. Blago was famous for not talking to his fellow officials.

Quinn also said that while he supports a capital projects plan, he doesn’t want a traditional “1956″ plan. Rather, he wants to use infrastructure money to build “green” projects, including eco and tech -friendly roads that feature greenways on the margins where fibre optic cables can be buried.

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