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Perry asked to end term limits for Capital Metro board
Don’t fret, Fred Harless, Gov. Rick Perry could soon spare you from suddenly losing your colleagues on Capital Metro’s board of directors.
Harless, a Lago Vista alderman, has been poised to lose long-serving Cap Metro board members including Chairman Lee Walker thanks to a law limiting members to eight years of service.
But the Senate on Thursday sent Perry House Bill 1852, sweeping away the term limit stipulation for Cap Metro board members.
The seven-member board lost an experienced member last year with David Harper’s death. Others are slated to leave because of term limits or because their terms in another office are running out — potentially leaving Harless the only veteran member.
Harless, a member of the Capital Metro board for seven years, said today: “I’m glad. We’re doing so well; I hate to see it disrupted; we’ve got a really good board.�
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