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Subverting Voters' Will

To the Editor:

With respect to the term limits controversy, the issue is not if Mayor Bloomberg and members of the City Council have done a great job.

The issue is simple and clear: why do many members of the City Council insist and persist in denying the public a third opportunity to vote on the Term Limits Law?

Twice before the voters have approved this law by overwhelming majorities. So why this denial?

There are certain politicians who justify it by the disingenuous, cynical and insulting statement that the voters who are unhappy with the actions of certain City Council Members can vote them out of office. This is not relevant and lacks any logic. Because even if those politicians are voted out of office, the voters will still be oppressed by changes in the Term Limits Law that they do not want.

The law was enacted by the people, not the politicians. It is truly a people's law, and as such the people are the proper authority to make any changes concerning it — not those politicians who have a vested interest in ultimately destroying it.

RICHARD LAURIE, Conductor, NYC Transit