• Duval County Clerk of Court Jim Fuller cannot seek another term in light of a Florida Supreme Court ruling that term limits imposed by Duval County voters on constitutional officers in 1992 are valid, according to General Counsel Cindy Laquidara. Laquidara issued a legal opinion Monday to Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland, who asked if Fuller could qualify for election during the qualification period starting June 4. She said her advice was that he doesn’t qualify. Term limits call for a maximum of two four-year terms. Fuller was elected in 2000. Then-Clerk of Court Henry Cook challenged the term limit and the Florida Supreme Court rendered it invalid. Laquidara wrote that the law then was considered settled on term limits with regard to constitutional officers. She said the Florida Supreme Court’s recent decision has “altered this common law.”
