Former Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro thinks that after seven years in elected office Mayor Bloomberg has crossed the great divide between elected officials who serve for the good of community and those who are in it for themselves.
In an op-ed in the New York Sun, Mastro marshals his evidence and makes his case. He hones in on Bloomberg's shameless toying with the outrageous idea of gutting the people's Term Limit Law. He notes how Bloomberg had the power to bring to the people of New York his proposal to extend term limits but chose not to. Instead, he is sending signals to the City Council that he would approve their legislative action on this issue, thereby bypassing the voters who enacted and defended this law on two occasions.
Mastro also points out that third terms in office are notorously failures. An important hostorical fact.
Senior Bloomberg deputies agree with Mastro.
We must stop Bloomberg and this sham. Bloomberg knows if he were to appear before the vote of the people, he would easily be stood down. This mayor climbs his impending irrelevance by arrogantly stepping on the democratic checks of balance that naturally impede his inclination. If Bloomberg seeks extended office, why is he so afraid of the peoples will? Is his life that incoherent and unfulfilled?
We must stop Bloomberg and this sham. Bloomberg knows if he were to appear before the vote of the people, he would easily be stood down. This mayor climbs his impending irrelevance by arrogantly stepping on the democratic checks of balance that naturally impede his inclination. If Bloomberg seeks extended office, why is he so afraid of the peoples will? Is his life that incoherent and unfulfilled?