Support a 3rd term for Mayor Blooomberg

Dear friends,

 

If you live in NYC, I hope you'll join me in taking a moment to encourage your City Council member to vote to extend term limits so that Mayor Bloomberg can serve one more term.  I don't like changing the rules in the middle of the game, but these are not normal times -- and Mayor Bloomberg is not a normal mayor.  The combination of a severely weakening national economy and the collapse of the financial sector has plunged our city into a severe crisis.  At a time like this, our city needs the strong, experienced, steady leadership of Mayor Bloomberg.

 

If you agree, please act now, as the City Council is voting on this tomorrow (likely at 1:30pm) and it looks to be a very close vote (see article in yesterday's NY Times, below).  Here's what you need to do:

1) Go to http://council.nyc.gov/html/members/members.shtml and type in your address to see who your City Council member is.

 

2) Go to http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/10/14/nyregion/20081014-council-graphic.html to see his/her position on the issue.

 

3) Call his/her district office.

 

4) If there's an email address listed, send an email as well.  Here is the email I sent to my Council member, who has come out against extending term limits:

Dear Ms. Mark-Viverito,

 

This is the first time that my wife and I have ever contacted you on any issue, but we are doing so because we feel so strongly that our city needs Mayor Bloomberg to remain in office for one more term.

 

We share your discomfort with changing the rules in the middle of the game, especially without all New Yorkers being able to vote on this important issue, but these are not normal times -- and Mayor Bloomberg is not a normal mayor.  The combination of a severely weakening national economy and the collapse of the financial sector has plunged our city into a severe crisis.  At a time like this, our city needs the strong, experienced, steady leadership of Mayor Bloomberg.

 

We urge you to vote to suspend term limits so Mayor Bloomberg can serve one more term.

 

Sincerely yours,

 

Whitney and Susan Tilson

1165 Fifth Avenue, Apt. 4C

New York, NY 10029

(212) 348-0569

WTilson@T2PartnersLLC.com

STilson@tilsonfunds.com

In addition to the reason cited above, there's another critically important reason why I want Bloomberg to serve another term: fixing NYC's schools.  Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein have initiated bold reforms of our nation's largest school system (covering 2% of all U.S. schoolchildren), which are finally starting to take hold and show great results, but the gains are tenuous and could be rolled back under a new mayor and chancellor, so it's critical that Bloomberg and Klein get another four years.

 

Thank you!!!

 

Whitney

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October 22, 2008

Council Schedules Thursday Vote on Term Limits

By DAVID W. CHEN

www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/nyregion/22termlimits.html

Setting up a showdown over one of the most divisive issues in recent political memory, Speaker Christine C. Quinn announced Tuesday that the City Council would vote Thursday on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s plan to revise the term limits law so he can pursue four more years in office.

Supporters of the change said the move reflected Mr. Bloomberg’s and Ms. Quinn’s confidence that they have gathered the 26 Council votes needed to pass the legislation.