On October 23, the New York city council voted 29-22 to change the term limits law for elected city officials. The voters had twice passed a law setting a two-term limit, but the new law permits three terms. If the law had not been changed, Mayor Bloomberg and two-thirds of the members of the City Council could not have run for re-election in 2009.
HORRIBLE DECISION!
Ah… democracy in action! I think I’ll take a republic any day!
Well, that sucks.
Yes, probably very bad news for NYC. With any luck, people’s increasing anger and disillusionment will latch on to this, and throw Bloomberg out.
If I were an NYC voter, I’d vote out any of the candidates that seek to extend their reign into a third term. I’m generally for term limits, but in a city with the politics of NYC, I think it’s a good means of keeping the cronyism at bay, at least to some extent.