City - by Kate Ray on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 17:39 - 2 Comments - 23 views
Why didn’t we think of this before? If we just changed the term-limit laws, we wouldn’t have to have these silly elections at all and our current leaders could keep their jobs forever and ever and ever! Bush is probably kicking himself for not having thought of it, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg is out there doing it. The New York Times reported that Bloomberg will announce on Thursday his proposal to change the law and run for a third term as mayor. And since he only needs to pass the proposal through the city council – most of whom would have to leave office in 2009 under the current law – it looks like he may even be successful.
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Bloomberg Introduces Term Limit Bill to Hold on to Power Longer | NYU Local
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[...] It’s happening: Mayor Bloomberg introduced the bill to extend term limits from two to three terms today. Right now, council members believe the vote could go either way. There are some powerful opponents of the bill, like billionaire Ronald Lauder and City Councilman Charles Barron, who has announced that he will not seek a third term even if the term limits are extended. Still, 35 Council members and four of the five borough presidents are nearing the end of their second terms, and could provide strong backing for the bill. [...]