New bill would raise Arizona lawmakers' pay, and impose true term limits

PHOENIX -- Rep. Stacey Travers thinks she's found a way to convince Arizonans to approve the first pay raise for legislators since 1998: Impose true -- and enforceable term limits so that lawmakers would no longer be able to remain in office forever, something legally a possibility now despite voter-approved term limits.

And that is drawing opposition from one long-term Republican lawmaker who wants higher salaries -- even more than what the Phoenix Democrat is proposing -- but who argues it makes no sense to tell Arizonans that they could no longer vote to keep the legislators they want for as long as they want.