Bloomberg May Want To Revise City Charter

According to the NY Post's sources, "Mayor Bloomberg is planning to convene a Charter Revision Commission in the coming year... Reimposing term limits for city politicians is one issue definitely on the table, sources said. And the mayor might also press to eliminate the Public Advocate's Office -- a position he's publicly said is no longer needed. He may also seek to clip the wings of the city's five borough presidents -- who earn $160,000 a year for government jobs that have largely become advisory since 1989." He's supposed to decide whether he'll convene the commission next month—maybe by then we'll stop laughing about the idea of him reimposing term limits by then.

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By Jen Chung in News on December 20, 2009 11:40 AM

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felixthecat2

This d-bag needs a mirror, he is high on his own supply.

NannyState

Reimpose term limits RETROACTIVELY.

Qraymond

If they reimpose term limits what's to say that in the future a similarly selfish mayor and City Council won't just overturn it again?

longacre

Borough president pay should be cut to $0.

ANGRYGOD11

Borough presidents should be paid $1,000,000,000 every time the borough assembly meets. They deserve every cent for presiding over such august legislative bodies.

LaLuneEstMorte

There goes Mikey Bloomberg bein' a dick.

RevWaldo

The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I have just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.

Splicer

How about a luxury tax for rich people running for office?

Kevin Walsh

>>>Reimposing term limits for city politicians is one issue definitely on the table, sources said.

We are now in an era when hypocrisy is not only not decried, it is accepted and encouraged.

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