Tish and BdB Suing Over Term Limits
As expected, Councilmembers Letitia James and Bill de Blasio have formally announced their intention to file a lawsuit over yesterday’s vote to extend term limits. “New Yorkers twice voiced their opinions on term limits,” said de Blasio in their joint press release, “and yesterday their will was subverted.” And James: “The vote taken by the…
As expected, Councilmembers Letitia James and Bill de Blasio have formally announced their intention to file a lawsuit over yesterday’s vote to extend term limits. “New Yorkers twice voiced their opinions on term limits,” said de Blasio in their joint press release, “and yesterday their will was subverted.” And James: “The vote taken by the City Council yesterday represents a great step backward for democracy.”
Actually, what’s “democratic” about term limits anyway? If you don’t want someone you vote them out. What could be simpler than that? Just because the electoral process favors the incumbent, that’s no reason to impose additional rules.
And I don’t see how this goes against anyone’s will. Presumably if the statute had been written so that the City Council *couldn’t* overwrite it (ie had to a referndum) it would’ve been. So they had the authority and did so. Am I missing something (I will admit the change was before my time in NYC).
12-24 months g man???? What kind of morons are we electing???
Your welcome. Anytime.
Q: “explain how…with A, B and C wanting to be mayor, and offering themselves, it is democratic to say ‘you can vote for A or C (but you can’t vote for Bloomers, aka B)’.”
A: When the general public has democratically voted TWICE to constrain itself that way. If the mayor wanted to, he could have put this out for a general vote again but he did not, I suspect because he thinks public opinion has not changed.
I voted against term limits both times. I work with council members regularly and have seen them take 12-24 months to get oriented at the beginning of their first terms. Three terms is better than two. But those previous three sentences notwithstanding, I think this was wrong, wrong, wrong.
ditto…I think that’s what ENY thought when we had this discussion earlier this week…that Bloomberg was going to stay in office without a vote.
For what its worth, I guess I too have been “involved in a prostitution ring” at one time or another!!!!!! I never thought of it that way LOL
Dave, being called names by someone like you is pretty much a compliment. So thanks.
Yes ENY, that’s fine but again the smokers logic creeps in…”If you don’t like smoke, don’t go into or work at that bar.” How can I characterize it? Neanderthal maybe? Jackass
Good luck with that ENY.
WOW IronBalls…I totally agree with you on that as well. We could be buddies!!!!