When Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp was running for office in 2022, he made it clear he planned to serve — if elected — only two terms.
Now he hopes to impose that limit on all future county mayors here.
To do so will take a majority vote by Hamilton County commissioners in supporting a private act that would have to be passed by the Tennessee General Assembly, then approval — the mayor envisions — by voters in a referendum.
State law currently allows county mayors to serve an unlimited number of four-year terms unless amended by private acts such as the one Wamp seeks.
Although we have endorsed candidates who are running for a third term or more, we generally believe term limits to be important in allowing more voices in government and in keeping elected officials from getting complacent in office.