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TexasTowelie

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Mon Dec 16, 2019, 02:39 PM Dec 2019

Giant pig touring Michigan to support term limits


Jeff Tillman is taking this pig around the state, urging people to talk to their lawmakers about keeping term limits.

By Emily Lawler



If you happen to spot a giant pig rolling through your town, it’s there to support the term limits put on lawmakers in Lansing.

A group called Don’t Touch Term Limits, a grassroots coalition of people who supported the effort to put them in place in Michigan in the 1990s, is behind the effort, said Scott Tillman.

His father, Jeff Tillman, is the one escorting the pig across the state.

“I’m the hog wrangler,” he jokes.

In Lansing, lawmakers and key groups have been having preliminary discussions about loosening Michigan’s term limits, which some view as too restrictive.

Read more: https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/12/giant-pig-touring-michigan-to-support-term-limits.html
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Giant pig touring Michigan to support term limits (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2019 OP
I don't like term limits. murielm99 Dec 2019 #1
It's cute, but I was hoping for a REAL giant pig. Glorfindel Dec 2019 #2
That sword cuts both ways... Newest Reality Dec 2019 #3
This is not a grassroots action! tiredtoo Dec 2019 #4

Glorfindel

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2. It's cute, but I was hoping for a REAL giant pig.
Mon Dec 16, 2019, 03:26 PM
Dec 2019

Like maybe someone had captured one of the "hogzillas" they keep shooting in south Georgia and Alabama. I'm ambivalent about term limits. It would be great if vermin like Moscow Mitch were limited to two (or one) terms, but we'd also lose many effective Democratic senators and congresspeople.

tiredtoo

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4. This is not a grassroots action!
Mon Dec 16, 2019, 04:06 PM
Dec 2019

It is sponsored by a national organization. US termlimits.com. Probably not the correct web address but that is on purpose.

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