New York, NY – Former Public Advocate Mark Green is forming a coalition of civic and labor leaders to block Mayor Bloomberg from changing term limits.
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Green described Bloomberg’s attempt to serve four more years by getting the City Council to pass a bill as “a Putin power grab,” referring to Russian iron-willed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
“After seven years agreeing to a two-term limit, Mayor Bloomberg’s potential flip-flop is outraging a lot of civic and labor leaders who I think will come together to oppose such a Putin power grab,” Green said.
He is all too aware of the billionaire mayor’s near-limitless resources, having lost to him in the 2001 mayoral race, the most expensive municipal election to that point. The mayor tore through $74 million to Green’s $16 million.
Green said civic and labor leaders at last week’s Democratic National Convention in Denver began discussing how to respond.
Green is right on this one. Bloomberg is a egoist who thinks my way or the highway. Well it is time to put him on the highway.
Green is sick Liberal
Green wants the job. If he gets it he will be another David Dinkins we cant afford that keep Mike Bloomberg.
HE MAY BE A LIB BUT HE’S RIGHT ON THIS ISSUE
SEEMS THAT MIKE THINKS HIS LIMITLESS $$$ CAN LET HIM DO ANYTHING HE CHOOSES TO DO EVEN REDO THE LAWS ALL NEW YORKERS VOTED ON TERM LIMITS!
As we see from these dictators, We must always have term limits! Leolam Vaed!
Mayor Bloomberg did NOTHING for our community’s ITS TIME FOR HIM TO GO!!!! He buys off the media that like he is the best Mayor and he did job well done in NY..If take a real poll from folks out there especially in the boros.. HE IS NOT LIKEABLE…
GO GREEN!!!!! that is Mayor Bloomberg’s aganda:)
Mayor Bloomberg has to go 8 year is enough he will try to stay here forever is we don’t get rid of him now he has enough funds to play this game every four years or to remove the term limits altogether
Temr limits are there for a reason- to prevent power hungry politicians from getting too much power. Green may be a sick liberal- although I firmly disagree with calling Liberals sick when you Republicans are responsible for Iraq- but beyond his Liberal ideals- are a matter of truth.
If a mayor can serve again- whats to say a president cannot just keep on at it. It invites dictatorial type leaders.
Mark give him a wipping make sure its a good one
Whos better than Bloomberg? Who would you rather have?
A NAME please. Just ONE.
With Bloomberg out you’ll end up with Quirr or at best Weiner.
Let get back Rudy…..
bloomberg money hungry out enough lawes & taxes &building dept lawes out with him
I would rather want Putu Weinberger & Issac Abraham at the helm
I don’t get it- if he ran again and won, that’s the majority’s way of saying, “we want to lift term limits” and if they don’t vote for him, that’s their way of saying “we’re sick of you”
What’s the big hairy deal?
The big deal is that the people of this city voted twice to keep term limits. Why does the Mayor (who I do like) get to break the law? Before he or any city councilman gets another term, let’s put it back on the ballot and let the people decide for a third time.
What’s the big hairy deal?
its that he has unlimited funds to fool people like he did in the past. i hardly see new yorkers (from the city) that praise him accept in the media with false statistics i wonder why…. and on a side note anyone can do for the city what he did from a financial point of view but do you know why other mayors wouldnt do it? because they know that it hurts the average person, he dosent care and is out of touch with average citizens.. he stole our money to fix stuff and takes the credit for himself….
I think the best think would be if he takes off the term limits & we vote him out
Let’s get back rudy
Our political system is designed to benefit heavily funded politicians. We do not have truly open elections, as the primaries decide who I can vote for. If Bloomberg runs, he affects the chances of other better qualified candidates.
The city spoke twice about term limits, and we don’t need a third. The fact remains that its a small percentage of voters that end up electing a mayor for all of us. Therefor the argument of who need limits, if you don’t like hime vote him out, doesn’t apply.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is estimated to be worth 14 Billion Dollars.
Back in Feb. of 2003, the Mayor was responcible to revoke the parking permits of three of our NYC Councilmen from parking their vehicles at City Hall to
prevent them from representing their constituents from their
districts. Most were forced to use taxi cab’s to get to their
job’s at City hall. The reason? All because they voted against
his real estate tax hike’s.
Back in early July, Mayor Bloomberg threatened to bank roll
any opponent in the coming election’s against several of the
Councilmen who did not vote for his Congestion Pricing Plan.
This is a man who one political leader said and I quote: He
(the Mayor) is not use to anyone saying no to him. We the
public have voted and we say no to Mayor Michael Bloomberg
in his quest to seek a third term in public office.
In my opinion, this corporate micro-manager does not want
to lose his political immunity while in public office from
possible Federal prosecution for discriminating against three
pregnant woman who lost their job’s in his company. Attorney
General Andrew Cuomo has the obligation to the people of
our state to investigate all off these allegation’s in a public
forum and remove this tyrant who is quick to call a deceased
9/11 responder who had died from breathing in the toxic air
at ground zero “not a hero” should be removed from public
office and sent packing to his corporate headquarters were he
and his cronies could abuse more pregnant women.
I have a friend who was a 9/11 responder and was just
notified that something was growing in his lungs.
I’m sure the Mayor will tell his 16 year old daughter that her
father (God forbid) was not a hero and that they would not be
eligible for any monetary compensation and to “do more with
less”
All from an arrogant wealthy man who never picked up a
shovel at ground zero.