Idaho voters endorsed term limits again in 1996, 1998 and 2000, although by lesser majorities.
He endorses term limits and campaign finance reform, and has refused to accept money from political action committees.
Cathy Stewart, chairwoman of the Independence Party of Manhattan, said that the Council had had five years since voters last endorsed term limits to re-examine the matter.
The Council's first hurdle, as it takes up formal debate on the issue next month, will be to overcome the widely held belief that the two voter referendums endorsing term limits are binding.
Rather than dismissing Randolph's comments, we should consider them in the larger context of a presidential primary race in which one candidate endorses terms like "hard-working, white" voters and a highly respected politician says that a Democratic presidential candidate is where he is only because he is African-American.
Amy Albano said she reviewed the portion about the endorsed terms to ensure it was accurate and communicated city officials' understanding of the proposal.
The decision is an implicit admission that the Council would be unlikely to endorse another term at a time when he is trying to reform it.
He has also met quietly with the publishers of the city's three biggest newspapers to gauge whether their editorial boards might endorse tweaking term limits to 12 years.
"I would hardly endorse the term 'goosing the stock market,'" she said.
"Putin is the same as our 'Papa Xi'," says one young man, using a government endorsed affectionate term for the president.
In a further possible complication, euro zone leaders are expected to ask the three parties in the governing coalition, which are gearing up for elections, to endorse the terms of a second bailout.
