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| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 09-24-2001 @ 8:41 AM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00  | Mayor Giuliani will announce today he wants lawmakers to repeal the city's term limits law so he can seek a third term, a close friend said yesterday. A now hugely popular Mayor Giuliani at prayer service for victims of World Trade Center attack at Yankee Stadium yesterday. The mayor has received worldwide attention and kudos for his guidance in aftermath of tragedy. "Given the unsolicited support from New Yorkers he has gotten in recent days, the mayor is inclined to run again," the friend told the Daily News. Giuliani, who has won international praise for his strong leadership following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, has ducked questions recently about whether he wants to remain in office when his term expires Dec. 31. The mayor, according to the source, believes voters should be free to elect whomever they want as their leader. "The democratic process should allow anybody to run for office, and the people should be allowed to elect who they want. That's his position," the friend said. The announcement will undoubtedly hurl tomorrow's primary into further disarray. The primary, originally scheduled for Sept. 11, was postponed within hours of the terrorist attack. For Giuliani to be eligible to serve, either the City Council or the state Legislature would have to pass a bill repealing the term-limit law. City voters approved term limits in two referendums — in 1993 and 1996. Deputy Mayor Joseph Lhota declined yesterday to comment on the mayor's announcement. Asked whether he thought the Legislature would act, he said: "It's hard to imagine a legislative body will not listen to the will of the people. That is the essence of democracy." Bryan Franke, a spokesman for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan), said yesterday Silver believes it should be up to city voters, via referendum, to repeal the law. Sharice Vadon, with Anthony Thomas, has a thumbs up for Mayor Giuliani next to campaign-like poster. As for the Council, a push to repeal term limits failed at the committee level in March by a 5-to-4 vote. Daniel DeFrancesco, executive director of the city's Board of Elections, said any attempt to repeal the term limits law would raise a deluge of issues. "Are you talking about just the mayor's office? All offices?" he said. "They got to work out all the 'ifs.'" If Giuliani succeeds in getting the term limits law repealed — a move sure to prompt legal battles — he could win reelection either through a write-in campaign or by getting his name on a third-party ballot. Election experts said yesterday it would be extraordinarily difficult — but not impossible — for Giuliani to maneuver onto a third-party ballot by the Nov. 6 general election. A Giuliani reelection bid would be a staggering blow to his fellow Republican, billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg, who has spent more than $20 million of his own fortune on his campaign so far. Bloomberg, the GOP front-runner, sought Giuliani's blessing before running and hoped ultimately to win his endorsement. But several top supporters of Giuliani said yesterday there is a growing citywide groundswell to keep the mayor in office as New York struggles to rebuild following its greatest tragedy. "I have gotten literally hundreds of calls and e-mails from New Yorkers over the last 12 days urging that the mayor continue in office," said Randy Mastro, a former deputy mayor under Giuliani. "I have been amazed by the outpouring." Queens Borough President Claire Shulman, who has endorsed Democrat Alan Hevesi in the primary, said Giuliani may be the city's best hope. "If it were possible to keep Rudy around during this very, very critical time, we should probably take a shot at that," said Shulman, a Democrat. "He gives the people in this city a sense of security." On Friday, Gov. Pataki said tomorrow's primary would go on as planned. But he added: "The mayor has been a great mayor. And I'll tell you, if I were a resident of New York City, I'd write him in." A 91% Positive Rating While the odds might be against the mayor, Mastro said he's not daunted. "When enough New Yorkers make their voices heard, anything can happen." According to a recent Marist College Institute for Public Opinion poll, voters oppose revoking term limits by a margin of 57% to 33%. In the same poll, 91% rated Giuliani's job performance as excellent or good. Gene Russianoff, senior attorney at the New York Public Interest Research Group, said he hopes Giuliani "will exercise the same leadership he has shown in the attack" and not seek a third term. "We are a government of laws and not men," Russianoff said. "The fundamental principle of American democracy is you don't change the rules of the game in midstream."  | ||||
| red rocket Secret Sex Chat | posted on 09-24-2001 @ 10:01 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 01 | I think they should let him stay for another year instead of a full term. At least they are going to let people vote on it. God Bless The USA. | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 09-24-2001 @ 10:46 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | You know he's a great leader and amazing during crisis but before this tragedy occurs you have to admit he was kind of a dick. "I didn't realize how tragic it [the WTC attack] was until the celebrities told me"- Ron Bennington | ||||
| Sluggo667 SLASH's New Buddy, but shhh... I am not allowed to tell anyone. | posted on 09-24-2001 @ 11:13 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Apr. 01 | He just said in a press conf. that he has no announcement to make about his future w/the city. He told everyone who's eligible to vote to do so... and NOT to do anything like write his name in....  Sluggo667 PROUD AMERICAN!!! | ||||
| Ken'sPen [Sarcasm] Doesn't Live Up To The Hype [/Sarcasm] I should have stayed OVER THERE | posted on 09-24-2001 @ 11:17 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 01 | I can't say I was ever a fan of his. He always seemed a little heavy handed and I felt overstepped his authority a few times. BUT I don't think now is the time to change leadership and have on the job training. I don't think there is anyone more qualified for the task at hand. I think there should be an election but it should be delayed until matters are more secure. AND drawing a hitler moustache on his pictures in the paper NEVER gets old. | ||||
King Shit *board owner* | posted on 09-24-2001 @ 11:43 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01 | I personally would like to see him stay in office, but this is not the time to be contesting laws of office. This can be taken up in the future, but the law stands as is and so it should. You can't start making special arrangements or cases. Is my train in vain, has my soul gone to waste Am I just a victim of, a victim of my lost faith | ||||
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