This decision makes our decision in 09 that much more important. Thank you to the Council for giving the voters back the choice to reelect or unelect the incumbents one more time. That's how our choice gets heard.

I am amazed at how stupid people are. OK, so term limits have now been changed and Mayor Bloomberg (along with others) can run for another term. This is NOT an end of democracy. The voters do NOT have to elect any of these people for a third term. Seriously, do you want a Mayor who has done a pretty good job, doesn't take a salary, and has a mind for business which will help in the current fiscal situation we're in or do you want a career politician who will probably fuck things up?

If Bloomberg took a salary, or not, isn't the point. The man has a Bush-like hunger for power. Business sense is not exclusive to Mr. Bloomberg, and neither is megalomania.

So just because there is a crisis, the individual currently in power can exclaim "emergency!" and frighten the city council into rushing forward with a decision that ought to be considered with careful deliberation? Of course it isn't the end of the Free West as we know it if term limits are abolished, but whenever something this serious is on the table, it shouldn't be passed in a frenzy of panic. That's a dangerous precedent.
For instance, when does the "crisis" end? How long can we "choose" to have Bloomberg remain mayor? (when politicians scream for us to worry and wanr us to play it safe with incumbants, the majority will fall for it no matter what the situation)Things like this need to be taken into account.