Considering Mayor Bloomberg’s recent remarks on proportionality in the killings in Gaza and Israel, my resolve that this backward thinking man is not the right fit for a city in economic crisis. The 9/11 terrorists were also not thinking of proportionality when they attacked the World Trade Center. His thinking is the mindset of bullies and terrorists. Mayor Bloomberg should go quietly into his own personal good night and leave the future to more open minded, forward thinking visionaries.

I’ve worked for the City of New York over 20 years. Bloomberg rises head and shoulders above any other mayor I have worked under. He has done more than any other mayor to improve services to New Yorkers. The City government is more open, accessible and transparent than it has ever been. His management acumen and fiscal experience are what the City needs now. I supported term limits so that the City could rid itself of the political hacks in office at the time and to curtail the political machines that put back door dealing above the needs of citizens, which is exactly what the City will return to if the likes of William Thompson or others are elected Mayor. If it had been left to those political machines, Bloomberg would have never been allowed to run. Bloomberg is a gem we need to hold onto. Just like the nation extended FDR’s term limits because of the Great Depression and WWII, we need to extend Bloomberg’s.

It would be great to have Bloomberg in another term to help bring the City during through this financial crisis as I believe that he would be quite capable of doing so. (Not that he’s the only one that could.) HOWEVER, we are a nation (and hopefully, City) of laws, not “men.”

A compromise may be in order. What may help is to limit officeholders to two CONSECUTIVE terms. That way you can minimize the advantages of incumbency without overly restricting voters’ freedom of choice.

perhaps the time of leaving your LIVELIHOOD and serving the People thence returning to your LIVELIHOOD whence you have finished your admiral job has been replaced by a notion ofPolitician professional an actual livelihood to aspire too? Run again with a peoples referendum is the democratic way. the crisishowever is debatable.

WHO CARES ABOUT TERM LIMITS. IF YOU DON’T LIKE A CANDIDATE GO TO THE POLLS AND VOTE HIM/HER OUT. WE DO HAVE CHOICES YOU KNOW.

P.S. Just as the economy around the U.S. & the world has practically collapsed under the nonsensical pre-depression era economic philosophy of laissez faire and the Republican policy of deregulation, so would go the destruction of term limits; amounting to deregulation of political rivalry on a grand scale. Whether people exercise their right to vote or not is a separate issue. Democracy, in this country today is under attack, and nothing should be implemented that would cause it further destruction. People like Kennedy, et al. could have served this country very well as bureaucrats or advisors when their terms had expired. This country is loaded with brilliant & compassionate people. As it stands right now, in order to keep them in office they are constantly compromising the issues while being feted by lobbyists, and wind up spending half their time re-campaigning to get reelected. (We desperately need election reform). Bloomberg, by the way, is an adherent of the very policies that have enriched him while simultaneously making our hard earned dollars disappear. I didn’t hear him ringing any alarm bells.

Finally,someone asks the question! It’s outrageous & arrogant. I’ve been expecting this nonsense to come out of the Whitehouse ever since Bush took office - and I’m not sure we’re done with him yet either. This is another Republican ploy, like redistricting -these people simply do not want to share power; even after they’ve flubbed it. How arrogant to think that out of millions of Americans in New York City he (Bloomberg)is the only one with a big enough brain. There should be term limits on congressional seats as well; both on the state wide & the federal level. The whole notion that Republicans spend less than Democrats & want to control our lives less than Democrats is a fabrication as well. (The money just goes into their pockets instead of the publics’). If Bloomberg was so great & so unlike a Democrat he wouldn’t have to freeze spending in New York, mandate what you eat & tax what you smoke. The Republicans have been chipping steadily away at the foundations of democracy in this country for forty years. Not sharing power prevents us from getting to the center, which is where moderation & sanity lies. Do people really believe they can live in a peaceful & orderly society without paying any taxes? Do they believe they can work forever without requiring health care or retirement? That is what the Republicans would have us believe; and Bloomberg is no different. People have to stop believing that one politician or another alone can save our lives; democracy is a collective adventure. Vote Nov.4th!

Term limits can be effective in getting rid of “dead wood”, however that can be at the expense of dismissing experienced effective civil servants.
The voters should decide in an election. If you like the candidate vote for them, if not then don’t.

Mayor Koch and Guiliani also wanted to extend their term. Both of them were denied. What makes Bloomberg so special.

To have the council vote to change the law over the wishes of the voters is rediculous. This sends a horrible message to voters in the city and the nation.

The power of incombency is one of the main reasons for term limits in the first. bloomberg also have the advantage of being able to dole out financial favors to different constituents that the other politicians running for office don’t have.

True public servnants will find other ways to contribute like former president Carter who does work building homes and monitoring elections. Bloomberg can help the president elect deal with the massive financial meltdown.

WE THE PEOPLE SHOULD DECIDE If we decided twice for term limits why should the City Council vote on this where they can benefit from it also. This will be a new road for changes like this to occurr. That means the constitution may be changed to allow the President of the United States to be in office for life not giving others the opportunity to get into office also.

this poll question are being steer for more yes total percentage. There are only two question in favor to no vs. three questions in favor for yes.
This poll is flawed

Term limit are the only way to overcome the power of incumbency. When 96% of incumbents are reelected democracy is a fantasy. Incumbency w/o tem limits inevitably leads to corruption. Furtyher in the case of the NYC Council all will benefit from this proposed change.. a clear conflict of interest.

Term limits are put in for a reason, as they were for the presidency after FDR’s four terms. George Washington saw the danger of remaining in office too long, and refused to run for a third term as president. That precedent was followed for about 150 years, and it served the country well. The same should hold true for New York City. Give someone else a chance.