Jonesborough Term Limit Referendum Update

The future of a Tennessee Hills Distillery-led bid to impose term limits on Jonesborough’s elected officials could depend on whether local laws and ordinances will over ride state statutes in certain situations. A lawyer for Tennessee Hills says a referendum petition is valid and should be approved Tuesday by the Washington County Election Commission so Jonesborough voters can decide whether to impose term limits on elected officials. Tennessee Hills announced in early July, that they would seek the change in response to what they claimed was the Board of Mayor and Aldermen “moving the goalposts” about the rules surrounding beer sales at their distillery location.