Pinehurst, N.C. – April 16, 2012 — The Alliance for Bonded Term Limits (ABTL) is pleased to announce that Congressional candidate Sonya Holmes, who is challenging an array of primary candidates, targeting the seat of NC-2 Congresswoman Renee Ellmers in 2012, has executed a bonded term limit pledge.   She is the only candidate of any party in NC-2 to have pledged to limit her term in office via a legally binding promissory note. Her pledge forms the foundation of her contract with the voters of NC-2.

A five-generation family farmer from Broadway, NC, Ms. Holmes is committed to limiting her tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives to a maximum of six (6) years.  To secure this promise, she has personally and legally obligated herself by signing a promissory note in the amount of $500,000.  Should she break her pledge of limited Congressional tenure, the beneficiary of her bond will be the  Moore County Sentinels of Freedom, a non-profit charity dedicated to assisting servicemen and women who have sustained brain trauma in combat.

Ms. Holmes advocates limited government through the regular turn over of citizen legislators in the Congress. She believes Congressmen should serve a limited time, while assisting and encouraging emerging candidates to run as her replacement, and then return home to live among family an neighbors under the same laws she helped enact.  Ms. Holmes has volunteered to self limit her term in office, but to also limit her post-term connection with Capitol Hill.   As such, her bonded term limit pledge includes the promise to not engage in any form of legislative lobbying for a period of five (5) years after leaving office.

Ms. Holmes, is a graduate of Central Carolina Community College, and holds an AA degree in Criminal Science. In addition to her background in farming, she has also worked in industrial positions in Virginia and North Carolina and has owned her own business for the past six years.   She resides in Broadway with her husband, Paul, two daughters and three grandchildren.

The Alliance for Bonded Term Limits is a non-partisan, non-profit, grassroots organization based in Pinehurst, N.C.   ABTL is dedicated to the education of the voting public on the societal benefits derived from limited tenure in office by both Federal and State elected representatives

BBC News

Powerful people find a way to retain the grip on policy. In Russia former KGB chief Vladimir Putin after being forced to step down from the presidency because of a term limit provision stayed at the right hand of his successor President Dmitry Medvedev. Russian legislators and the citizens changed the rules to allow Mr. Putin to return to power.
http://current.com/items/89645547_russia-extends-presidential-term-limit-paves-way-for-putin-re-election.htm

Yale Political Union

On March 25, 2009, Linda Greenhouse, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times spoke at a debate at the Yale Political Union in favor of the resolution “End Life Tenure for Supreme Court Justices.” After two hours of debate, the resolution failed by a vote of 20 in favor, 32 against, and six abstaining.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yale-political-union/the-case-for-term-limits_b_208445.html

Washington Examiner

June 2, 2009 – Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, often mentioned as a possible presidential contender, will turn the leadership of his state to someone else. “My administration has made a major, positive difference for Minnesota,” Pawlenty said in his announcement. “But, being Governor should not be a permanent position for someone.”
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/46729027.html