This really bothers me. A few years back the voters of New York City decided that they wanted a term limit for the mayor to serve. We said that a person could only be mayor for two terms and cannot run for a third term.
New York City's Mayor Bloomberg is due to leave office after his two term stint but he now wants to run for a third term. The people of NYC do not want him to run again because we only want the mayor to be in office for two terms but Mayor Bloomberg has decided to go against what the people of NYC voted for and somehow forced the city council to let him run for a third term. The city council voted on it and they will allow Mayor Bloomberg to seek a third term.
The voters of NYC are furious and we are trying to stop Bloomberg from running again. Bloomberg said that if the voters don't want him as Mayor for a third term then we will not vote for him, but that is not the point. The voters do not want a person to run for a third term but it looks like what we want doesn't count.
Why do politicians bother asking us what we want and what we think if they're going to do whatever they want? Mayor Bloomberg is a very rich and powerful man and I think the city council members are afraid of him so they agreed to let him run for office again.
This is what politics is all about in my book. They tell us whatever we want to hear but then do whatever they want once they get into office. Bloomberg is power hungry. All politicians are power hungry.
It's things like this that persuades me not to bother voting. Politicians ask our opinion but never listen to the answer, nor do they care.
New York City's Mayor Bloomberg is due to leave office after his two term stint but he now wants to run for a third term. The people of NYC do not want him to run again because we only want the mayor to be in office for two terms but Mayor Bloomberg has decided to go against what the people of NYC voted for and somehow forced the city council to let him run for a third term. The city council voted on it and they will allow Mayor Bloomberg to seek a third term.
The voters of NYC are furious and we are trying to stop Bloomberg from running again. Bloomberg said that if the voters don't want him as Mayor for a third term then we will not vote for him, but that is not the point. The voters do not want a person to run for a third term but it looks like what we want doesn't count.
Why do politicians bother asking us what we want and what we think if they're going to do whatever they want? Mayor Bloomberg is a very rich and powerful man and I think the city council members are afraid of him so they agreed to let him run for office again.
This is what politics is all about in my book. They tell us whatever we want to hear but then do whatever they want once they get into office. Bloomberg is power hungry. All politicians are power hungry.
It's things like this that persuades me not to bother voting. Politicians ask our opinion but never listen to the answer, nor do they care.
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(and then just hope the person doesn't do anything too illegal)
Your obligation as a good citizen is to do the best you can to determine which candidates for each office are most likely to follow the route you desire, and vote for them. I do not claim to understand hos this happened in New York or what the respective powers in that jurisdiction are.
The people of Idaho voted twice to install term limits. Then, when they started to become due, the legislature threw them out! The voter passed initiative was just a law which could be overturned by the law making body of the legislature. Frankly, I never voted for the term limits but I thought it took some gall to ignore the voters like that. Following that, at the next election, the voters returned every politician back to office that had voted to ignore them!
So the laws in your jurisdiction apparently allow what has transpired but don't give up on the political process as this is the only voice we have and when one gives up the combined voices of the populace become that much weaker. Don't care if you favor or hate my candidate, please vote!
I just wanted to stop by since I am finally going through what is now listed as under 4,600 pieces of gather new mail that is sitting in my inbox on here.
With that mentioned I just came across either a mailing from you yourself, or someone else brought this piece to my attention. You or they felt that your creation should be shared with the gather community, which I am very glad that it was passed on to me to view. So I wanted to say Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to publish it here on gather for us to all view. :o)
As well before I leave you I wanted to wish you a Happy New Year... in 2009 :o)
Itrefers to a diverting of attention from reality by using certain vague and ambiguous words, such as banalities too abstract or pompous, which appeal to sentiment and emotionality rather than to facts.
Wooden Language was commonly used in political speeches and newspaper articles in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the other Eastern European Communist countries,and is still prevalent today in most political spectrums.