Article on HotAir includes a radio interview with Ted Cruz on many topics, including term limits, which Cruz supports (see brief quote below). The same reasoning should apply to the state level, where these entrenched politicians make a lifelong career of living off the taxpayers. Most of the states have term limits for state legislative offices, not Hawaii. I can't recall exactly where, but recently I was reading an article about the Honolulu City Council history and saw names of council members in the 70s, 80s, and 90s that are now, still, state level politicians. For example, Espero first got on the government dole payroll as an appointee of mayor Frank Fasi in 1987... 30 years later he's still there. No thanks.

http://hotair.com/archives/2017/01/05/ted-cruz-on-term-limits-and-trumps-all-star-conservative-cabinet/

Ted Cruz on term limits and Trump’s “all star” conservative cabinet

excerpt:

Larry also went on to ask about term limits and why Cruz is focusing on this issue. He’s got plenty to say but here’s one worthy excerpt.

    Senator Ted Cruz: I believe instead we need fundamental reforms and i think term limits, you know, something like 80 percent of the American people support term limits as a way to limit the corruption. To break through the bipartisan corruption in Washington, so you come to serve a period of time and then come home. That’s one of the major structural reforms that we need to solve the problems in the country and as President Elect Trump puts it, to drain the swamp. I think that sentiment is exactly right and I think there are few if any more potent tools to drain the swamp than term limits that make people leave Congress and go back to get an honest job for a change.

Just as a side note on that second quote, it’s interesting to hear a sitting member of the Senate talking about leaving Congress and going back to get an honest job for a change.

Hawaii is the perfect example as to why we need term limits for our politicians.

Hawaii is the perfect example as to why we need term limits for our politicians.

+1

Pigs feeding at the trough are hard to convince they need to step aside unless forced to.

Maybe we could suggest that Will Espero propose such a measure.

Someone needs to get the legislature in front of a news camera and ask them why they don't want term limits.

Maybe we could suggest that Will Espero propose such a measure.

Someone needs to get the legislature in front of a news camera and ask them why they don't want term limits.

I hardly think that having some lifelong power-grubbing public-trough-feeding alleged "public servant" make a statement about why he doesn't want to limit his power-grubbing public-trough-feeding days would be considered "news" (plus, it'd just be more lies... like how he has to stay in office for life for the "public good"  ). It might be news if one of them (besides former senator Slom) actually came out in favor of term limits, and/or referendum, and/or initiative, and/or recall. Hawaii is the only state in the Union that has NONE of these provisions for citizens to address grievances promulgated by the legislature. We're number one! Yea! Lucky we live Hawaii!

I hardly think that having some lifelong power-grubbing public-trough-feeding alleged "public servant" make a statement about why he doesn't want to limit his power-grubbing public-trough-feeding days would be considered "news" (plus, it'd just be more lies... like how he has to stay in office for life for the "public good"  ). It might be news if one of them (besides former senator Slom) actually came out in favor of term limits, and/or referendum, and/or initiative, and/or recall. Hawaii is the only state in the Union that has NONE of these provisions for citizens to address grievances promulgated by the legislature. We're number one! Yea! Lucky we live Hawaii!

I was hopeful when a referendum was proposed to be added to the last election ballot. I believe it was to be added into the state constitution. It was proposed by a democrat BTW. Unfortunately it didn't make it to the ballots and I haven't yet researched into how it stalled.