I'm a big fan of Councilman Liu for a number of reasons and often tell people I think he'll be a Congressman one day. Dan flags this statement in the comments:
Council Member John Liu has long defended the will of the people as expressed through past public referenda. New Yorkers have voted twice before to limit office-holders to eight years. Regrettably, Mayor Michael Bloomberg now appears to favor changing the term limits without putting the question before the voters again. Although John does not support the concept of term limits, he certainly cannot and will not support the Mayor pushing this through. Times are tough but so are New Yorkers. And New York is a lot bigger than one man.
I've often said here and elsewhere that I've never been a fan of term lim its. I always believed them to be undemocratic. Then I moved to New York.
Are term limits undemocratic? Sure, by their very nature. But, can one argue that having the City Council overturn or alter them after the public has spoken overwhelmingly on the matter not once, but twice, is anything but undemocratic as well? If anything, such a maneuver would be even more so.
John Liu gets that. As Dan said, only 25 more to go... |
