Comments on: The Bailout and the Hero Politician http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/10/the_bailout_and.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:19:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: PForm http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/10/the_bailout_and.html/comment-page-1#comment-46909 PForm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:55:09 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/10/the-bailout-and-the-hero-politician.html#comment-46909 One quibble: the change Bloomberg seeks would not apply prospectively, but only to incumbents. The NYT article you link to reports: "His staff is envisioning an unusual bill that would apply only to those currently in office, allowing them to serve three terms instead of two. A permanent change would require voter approval, these people said." That, I think, makes the change markedly more troublesome than would otherwise be the case. One quibble: the change Bloomberg seeks would not apply prospectively, but only to incumbents. The NYT article you link to reports: “His staff is envisioning an unusual bill that would apply only to those currently in office, allowing them to serve three terms instead of two. A permanent change would require voter approval, these people said.”

That, I think, makes the change markedly more troublesome than would otherwise be the case.

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