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Third Term's a Charm (www.prospect.org) TMC

It is a woman's prerogative to change her mind -- or so the saying goes. But in New York City politics these days, it seems that middle-aged male billionaires are the ones flip-flopping down the... More

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Come To City Hall TONIGHT (www.thealbanyproject.com)

As I said yesterday, it should be a hoot. Cue the Fireworks: Hearings on Term Limits Begin

Tags: new york,new york city,new york city council,mayor michael bloomberg,term limits,2009 elections

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Intruding On Bloomberg's California Dreamin' (www.nydailynews.com)

Opponents of Mayor Bloomberg's term limits bill seized on his trip west to campaign for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's nonpartisan redistricting initiative as an opportunity to brand the mayor a... More

Tags: new york,new york city,mayor michael bloomberg,california,gov arnold schwarzenegger,term limits

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Whither David Yassky? (www.nydailynews.com)

Citizens Union is being unusually aggressive (for a good government group, anyway) in its campaign against a legislative change to term limits, so much so that it basically just branded Councilman... More

Tags: david yassky,new york,new york city,new york city council,term limits,citizens union,good government groups

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UFT Close To Bucking Bloomberg On Term Limits (www.nydailynews.com)

The executive board of the powerful teachers union, which had not joined the Working Families Party fight against the term limits extension bill, met tonight and unanimously passed a resolution... More

Tags: new york,new york city,mayor michael bloomberg,term limits,2009 elections,united federation of teachers,uft

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Smith Takes A Pass (www.nydailynews.com)

Taking a page out of Gov. David Paterson's book, Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith said today he thinks the term limits issue is "local business" and he is inclined to stay out of it.

Tags: malcolm smith,new york city,term limits,new york,new york state,gov david paterson

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Video

Tick, Tick, Tick... Term Limits (www.nydailynews.com)

This anti-term limits extension YouTube video was flagged by a reader. It was added yesterday by "New Yorkers for a Public Vote" and features Mayor Bloomberg's now-infamous comments back in 2005... More

Tags: video,term limits,new york city,mayor michael bloomberg,third term,new yorkers for a public vote,city hall,speaker christine quinn

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Third-Term Plan Gains One Billionaire, but May Lose Another (www.nytimes.com)

Even as the cosmetics heir Ronald S. Lauder agreed to drop his opposition to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s plan to extend term limits and run for re-election, another politically inclined mogul... More

Tags: term limits,third term,michael bloomberg,ronald lauder,tom golisano,billionaires,new york city

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WFP To Oppose Legislative Term Limits Extension (www.nydailynews.com)

The union-backed Working Families Party is poised to be the first of the major player in the organized labor community to get off the fence on term limits and will announce at noon today that it... More

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Bloomberg Will Seek Third Term (www.thealbanyproject.com)

Phillip was on top of the term limits story involving New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday. Today, Bloomberg announced that he would seek a third term.

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