Gothamist: Parsons to Bloomberg on 2009 Mayoral Race: "You're It"

JMH

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:49:43 -0500

"My guess is that no one really wants to be mayor in 2009 because the whole economy is crashing and it's finally starting to affect the city in a major way. It's like guaranteeing yourself a one-and-done term." Anthony Weiner wants to be mayor; the problem is he's a terrible choice.

NannyState

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:06:55 -0500

Imagine Parsons standing next to Gov. Paterson: total body double.

jenspellnogood

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:56:41 -0500

term limits don't just prevent a candidate from running, they prevent them from serving.

EricGewiz

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:24:04 -0500

Long too long ago, in Long Beach, California, the outgoing mayor, because of term limits, was not on the ballot. However, she was victorious again as she was received enough write-in votes to beat the other candidates. http://www.longbeach.gov/mayor/bio.asp Now, I'm not saying that's going to happen here, but this anomaly has occurred before. In any case, while I like Bloomberg as mayor, term limits do have precedence.

jenspellnogood

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:19:10 -0500

Parson's just proved why he isn't qualified to be Mayor with this example of piss poor judgment. Just another case of CEO's kissing each others asses.

bluerain

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:09:27 -0500

I agree with cwbuecheler totally. Someone with Bloomberg's savvy and luck could make a go of it, but not Richard Parsons. BTW, just because RP said he's not going to run...doesn't mean he's not going to run. This may be just a ploy to get placed in *gothamist*, right?

cwbuecheler

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:38:33 -0500

Just because a place has enjoyed relatively positive times during an administration's tenure is not a valid reason to call for a repeal of term limits. That's a ridiculously slippery slope to start down. My guess is that no one really wants to be mayor in 2009 because the whole economy is crashing and it's finally starting to affect the city in a major way. It's like guaranteeing yourself a one-and-done term.

drewo

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:31:50 -0500

“My view is that Michael Bloomberg should be the mayor again, and we should work with him to change the term limits.” Why not make him Emperor for life? Who really cares that New Yorkers voted for these term limits anyway? Twice. What a maroon.