* Mayor Bloomberg is gearing up to seek a third term as mayor, and that is a good thing for New Yorkers (“It’s Official” Oct. 1).
However, I think that he is needed at the state level and should make a run for governor in 2010 instead.
It is obvious that the leaders we have sent to Albany in the past have put this state on the fast track to financial ruin.
What we need now is a proven businessman as the state’s chief executive. Who better than Bloomberg?
Larry Paretta
Massapequa
* What makes anyone think that Bloomberg can get re-elected, no matter how much money he has, after overturning term limits and raising taxes again in January?
More to the point, why does anyone think he would receive a major party’s endorsement to run?
The Republicans have no incentive to allow this tax-raising liberal on their line again.
He disdains party politics, has not hired Republicans for key posts and does not govern as a Republican.
He is basically a tax-and-spend liberal, but, for their own reasons, the Democrats wouldn’t endorse him even if he switches parties.
That leaves him to do a “Lindsay” – either resurrect the Liberal line or run on the tarnished Independent line.
John McDermott
Astoria
* “Run, Mike, Run” (Editorial, Sept. 29)? Absolutely not.
That idea is no better than Rudy Giuliani’s attempt to run again after 9/11.
The same arguments about indispensability have been made, which were wrong then and are wrong now.
I believe that the ballot box is the best term-limiter, but the law is on the books, and there should not be any exceptions.
Alan Tanenbaum
Grantham, NH
* Is Police Commissioner Ray Kelly chopped liver? He would make a great mayor for a city that sliding into lawlessness again. It’s time for Bloomberg to move on.
Janice DeVito
Cliffside Park, NJ
* The bugle is blowing for New York City, and the choice of music is ours: taps or reveille.
We clearly ought to do some serious reflecting regarding whom we want to lead us.
Are we better off with someone who is one of the world’s leading wealth creators – someone who successfully managed billion-dollar budgets?
Or should we opt for a professional politician who has never built a business or dealt with the type of cash-flow issues we face?
I do not know the details of the legal and political obstacles concerning term limitations, but, whatever they are, we must find a way to hire Bloomberg for another term.
Martin B. Erdheim
Manhattan
* Another term for the worst tax-and-spend mayor in the history of New York?
Do New Yorkers realize that “King George” Bloomberg is responsible for the financial mess that we are in, with his taxes, tolls and fees?
There is uncontrolled Medicaid spending for drug addicts, alcoholics and every other type of social miscreant.
People who do not contribute a nickel to society get better health-care benefits than working families.
Please kick this bum out now.
Stanley Yuzuk
Staten Island
* Your editorial is completely off base.
The voters made the choice to implement term limits, and it should be up to the voters to eliminate term limits – not cosmetics heir Ronald Lauder.
Many people, myself included, voted for term limits to get fresh ideas in office and get rid of politicians who go through the motions.
Bloomberg is a great mayor, but I believe that there is an opportunity for someone else to take over and prove themselves, just like Bloomberg did in 2002.
Frank Ficaro
Bridgeport, Conn.