Bloomberg Now Backs NYC Term Limits
The Wall Street Journal's Metropolis blog reports:
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who orchestrated the overturn of term limits in 2008 as he successfully pursued a third term for himself, declared Monday he will support a ballot measure to restore the law banning elected officials serving more than two consecutive four-year terms.
“I’m voting to restore,” Bloomberg said when asked by The Wall Street Journal what his position is on the Nov. 2 ballot question on term limits.
The mayor defended the controversial decision to overturn the term-limits law two years ago, saying it “was changed legally.” He said he considers next week’s referendum to be a fulfillment of his promise to give the public “another chance” to decide whether the cap on elected officials’ service should be two or three four-year terms.
Stu Loeser, Bloomberg’s spokesman, said the mayor supported overturning term-limits in 2008 because of the “implosion of the world economy.”
“This was an extraordinary one-time thing,” Loeser added.
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