October 28-2008:
Democracy Hijacked In New York City!
Yes, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, now completing his second term in office. Now seeking a third term, with the City Council's permission, and defying two previous attempts by mayors before. This man who is very wealthy, won his mayoral candidacy by paying for his own campaign expenses from his own coffers, to the amount of one billion dollars (or something in that vicinity).
His reason for wanting to run for a third term (according to him), is to ensure that some un-finished policy plans are completed. This act to my mind is playing upon the current fears and circumstance that Wall Street and it's financial woes have brought upon this city's revenues. And Mr. Bloomberg, though popular in the polls for many things good about New York City, does not have a majority of New Yorkers in agreement with this contentious decision.
This precedent will be NOTED carefully, and alluded to in the future when Speaker Christine Quinn and her acolytes in the City Council decides to run for office in the future. And I hope that this autocratic decision does not come back to haunt all those who supported it, sometime in the future, when other mayors may want a third term, even if they have dreadfully failed New Yorkers while in office!
Derryck.
NYC.
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