New York, NY – As Democratic mayoral frontrunner Bill de Blasio continues to hammer away at Christine Quinn’s well-publicized shifts on term limits, both Quinn and Bill Thompson are attempting to turn the tables, pointing out that de Blasio, himself, was once a proponent of changing term limits.
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (http://on.wsj.com/1ceaHUW) reports that in 2005, when de Blasio was battling Quinn for the speakership of the city council, de Blasio told council members, “After extensive public discussion, after extensive hearings, I think we should move forward with an additional four-year term through the legislative process.”
While both Quinn and Thompson have seized on the statement, neither de Blasio, nor his staffers, have commented on when or why de Blasio’s view shifted.
All that remains is clear is that is that it did sometime between 2005 and 2008 when de Blasio was one of 22 council members to vote against the 2008 legislation.
De Blasio’s silence on the matter has become continued fodder for both Quinn and Thompson.
“This is a classic example of Bill de Blasio talking out of both sides of his mouth and being a say-anything politician,” said Quinn. “He will say anything to get votes, and what he says is based on whose votes he’s trying to get.”
Bill Thompson, the only candidate who has been consistently against changing term limits throughout, said de Blasio record on the subject is an “example of Bill de Blasio saying one thing and doing another.”
a Flip-Floper like john kerry he says what the way of the wind blows…
who cares what he did we are supposed to vote for him becsause he has a black wife. Isnt that what he is really playing to?
Why not just play up the simple fact that deBlasio is in favor or raising taxes? That’s all most people have to know about him…me included.
So when Quin does it, it’s a “shift” when De-Blasio does it it’s “talking out of both sides of his mouth”?
Quinn is a spitting image of Bloomberg and De-blasio is not, De-blasio supported a permenant change to the two term limit, while Quinn/Bloomberg wanted a “one” time change which suited just “their” needs for more time to cement their and prepare for their next move.
That’s the difference.
I would most likely vote for Tompson, but I like De-blasio, he’s been fighting the Bloomberg police & Regulation state for a while now.