Posted on 10/21/2008 3:33:30 PM PDT by SmithL
New York (AP) -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal to extend New York's term-limits law was put on the fast track for a vote Thursday in City Council, even though some members are still undecided about bypassing voters to give themselves and the mayor a chance at third terms.
Opposition to Bloomberg's plan has gained momentum this week, and the failure of council Speaker Christine Quinn to schedule the vote Monday was seen as a sign the bill lacked support. On Tuesday afternoon, the bill was put on the agenda for Thursday's council meeting.
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Reason # 1,567,942,632 that I am glad I am no longer a resident of NYC...now if the people of DC would just grow a brain...happily, relative sanity is a metro ride away.
89% of New Yorkers are opposed to this atrocity.
The democrats (INCLUDING Bloomberg) want to rule permanently.
It is really ballsy of this clown when he is following Rudy who could have argued NYC need him pushed through a term limit exception during a real crisis. it just shows a lack of sense, class and proportion.
Oddly enough, I don't have any sympathy for them.
New York City has been a totalitarian state for years, so this move by Bloomberg and the city council doesn't surprise -- or bother -- me at all.
I just read in the NYPost that the council OK’d lifting the term limits.
The voters be darned.
And don’t think NObama wouldn’t try to do the same thing.
Vote McCain/Palin!
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