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| Resign | 69% | 9 votes | Total: 13 votes | |
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Add to FavoritesI feel that being a mayor of even a small town is a full time job. I also feel that running for President of the united States is a full time job. Both of these require a monumental personal commitment. These feelings are only amplified 1000x when you take the city of New York into the equation.
If the people of New York didn't feel that they needed a Mayor than I suppose they probably wouldn't go to all the time trouble and expense of electing one. A Mayor is not drafted but chooses to serve his city and community by running for and holding the office. To hoid the office and dedicate yourself to anything else is tantamount to theft from the citizens and taxpayers of NYC. I feel that every moment that he holds the office without dedicating himself to the Job reflects very poorly on his character regardless of his politics.
Everyone is not cut out for politics because ultimately a legitimate politician realizes that he isn't doing the job for the money or power but to serve his own community be it on a local State or Federal level. If he doesn't feel this as his primary motivation than he or she will be in cable of serving whatever community that he has vowed to serve.
If the Mayor has changed his mind or aspirations regarding NYC then he should do the right thing and tender his resignation. Holding an office that you don't dedicate yourself to completely is fraud, now matter how popular the perpetrator is.
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As a matter of full disclosure, I loathe Mayor Bloomberg and his policies. None the less, it is absurd to ask him to resign from his position as he runs the political campaign. Many elected officials have held their posts while running for higher office. And, while New York City, at 8.1 million residents, is larger than all but eleven states, we would not ask the governors or state senators of those states to resign. Bill Clinton remained governor of Arkansas until December of 1992, well past his election victory. George Bush remained governor of Texas, the second most populous state in the union (as opposed to NYC, which would be twelfth, were it a state) until shortly before his inauguration as President of the United States.
The question of whether or not Mayor Bloomberg can handle the demands of his office along with running a full-time presidential campaign is one that is best left up to the voters. If the mayor's performance becomes unacceptable, they will let him know. And if he does not correct it, he may find himself with neither a presidency, nor a mayorship. Everything else is just cheap political calculation, in hopes of making a presidential run more costly for him.
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