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After hours of hearing from the public, Mayor Bloomberg signed the controversial term limits extension bill. The bill was passed by the City Council a week and a half ago, in a vote of 29 to 22. It allows elected officials, including himself and City Council members, to run for a third term.
Most of the unhappiness about the bill is due to the fact there was no opportunity--aside from two days of hearings--for the public to participate, given that voters had decided in two separate public referendums in 1993 and 1996 to limit terms to two terms. There were quite a few people who praised Mayor Bloomberg and urged him to sign the bill, too.
City Room reported on the hearing and noted the words of Upper East Side resident Danny Shapiro, "You’ve ignored us, instead speaking only with either those who are influential or with those who have influence. You say you want to give voters more choice, but not the choice to keep term limits as is." City Room also though the Mayor "seemed subdued, tired and perhaps a bit humbled as several members of the public berated and even yelled at him." Still, he signed the bill after saying:
This is New York City, and you get a diversity of opinion. I’ve thought long and hard about this, and you know that I have, over a period of time, fundamentally changed my opinion in terms of how long somebody should be in office. I have not changed my opinion in terms of the value of term limits. I’ve made a commitment that I will appoint a Charter Revision Commission to look at the issue of whether two or three terms is appropriate, and to put on the ballot the ability for the public to either reaffirm what we have today or to change it.He also pointed out he hasn't been re-elected yet.There’s no easy answer, and nobody is irreplaceable, but I do think that if you take a look at the real world of how long it takes to do things — we live in a litigious society, we live in a society where we have real democracy, and lots of people have the ability to input their views and approve or disapprove projects — I just think that three terms makes more sense than two.
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There was an Asian dude who yelled at the mayor
and a few tough guys got up in case there might
be trouble. black guys I might add. I wonder if they're on the mayor's payroll, too.
Just further proof that voter's opinions are completely irrelevent and that politicians can do whatever they want whenever they want however they want to do it.
It would be ironic if this issue cost him a third term.
If you don't like what the mayor is doing vote him out of office. Term limits are not an adequate replacement for an informed and engaged electorate.
Where can I get a list of every council member who voted for/against the term limits and every politician who voted for/against the financial bailout?
as i said in the earlier thread, it's astonishing to think that hundreds of thousands of people are STILL going to vote for this guy, even as he's ramming it up their asses and smiling all the way.
If it goes to public referrendum, he loses, and he knows that, so he bought the City Council. Shame on all of those hacks that voted with him.
All Bloomberg is is Giuliani with more money.
Pure fascist thuggery. Do some "green" projects so idiots can say "Aw, look, he's not THAT bad".
and people wonder why there's no affordable housing, and rent controlled and stabalized apts are vanishing.. (and DON'T tell me it's a state issue, a mayor with as much pull as Bloomberg could do something about it). people now believe it's their duty to pay through the ass for shelter.
dude from Boston just bought the city. congrats.
Just further proof that voter's opinions are completely irrelevent and that politicians can do whatever they want whenever they want however they want to do it.
Dumbest comment of the day.
Just because he signed it doesn't make him mayor next term. He still needs to campaign and run against other candidates. If you don't like him vote against him.
Further proof that voting is relevant and does work.
@5 - The link below should link you to the Senate vote.
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00213
This link should be the House vote.
http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2008&rollnumber=681
Not sure about the term limit vote.
And so LORD BLOOMBERG made his wish come to pass, and the people rejoiced at their lack of power to anything.
Bow to your masters, SLAVES!
Here's the Council vote:
http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/87703/how-they-voted--council-members-tackle-term-limit-bill/Default.aspx
I'll be voting against him.
Its a bit strong handed the way he got the term-limit extension bill signed but I don't know. I think he'd probably be the best guy to help the city with the economic issues it will face. He's done some good stuff, 311, stopped idiotic social promotion at schools, banned smoking in bars (thank you), banned transfats, cracking down on illegal gun purchases, stabilized city finances, etc.
He hasn't been perfect but I think he's done well with the city, I like his personality, and he doesn't pull that bullshit political patronage shit that other politicians do.
He stabilized city finances?
"Just because he signed it doesn't make him mayor next term. He still needs to campaign and run against other candidates."
Yeah all part of a simple two-prong plan:
first change the rules in order to make the plan viable and THEN bribe, blackmail and bludgeon (or as you describe it,'campaign')for the job.
I think the pens in the pic were the sames ones used in Chamberlain's treaty with Adolf.
Bloomberg really screw us. I hope the Federal govt' comes after him for this.
King Bloomberg always gets what he wants. ALWAYS!
Isn't it a major conflict of interest for him to approve his own chance for a third round? What am I missing here?
Why don't we have term limits for city council members? And why does NYC still retain positions of borough presidents? Do they ever do anything, besides cashing checks for themselves & their ample staff?
The only thing Bloomberg has done in this city is make it look as generic as any other by allowing big contractors to come in and tear down historic building to build huge condos which out price the middle Class. The only thing i can thank him for is for fixing the pothole situation gee thanks
Albany is gonna stick it up Bloomberg's ass this week.
I truly hope that real New Yorkers will vote this guy out in the election- for this one STUPID move on this jerks part.
What a schmuck this guy turned out to be in the end!