Bloomberg wants third term, despite term limits

In the topsy-turvy world of right-wing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, it's not about what the voters want. It's about what Michael Bloomberg wants.

In the '90s, New York City voters approved term limits for elected city officials: 2 terms of 4 years each. No exceptions. Now the billionaire mayor wants a third term - not by going to the voters and asking them to repeal the referendum, but by going to his friends on City Council.

He wants City Council to repeal a perfectly valid voter-led referendum? Not exactly a democracyish thing to do, is it?

Term limits were passed for a reason. It was to stop mayors and other public officials from amassing too much power and to prevent them from building too strong of a machine. Bloomberg is running roughshod over the will of the public.

Bloomberg boasts that he's shown "independent leadership", but that's wafto gas. Although he switched his affiliation from Republican to independent, he's still known for his right-wing wars against labor unions and the homeless and his support of school uniforms. His bid to gut term limits is supported not by average citizens but by powerful elites like Henry Kissinger and David Rockefeller. They were among 30 elites who wrote an open letter demanding City Council overrule the voters' wishes.

That's Bloomberg's idea of "independence."

Rudy Giuliani tried pulling a similar stunt when his 2 disastrous terms were up: He wanted to stay on as mayor after his second term was over, but this was such an unpopular idea that he was forced to back off.

It's a sad day when America's so-called leaders are so condescending about not even caring what voters want.

(Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081002/us_nm/us_newyork_bloomberg_10)