Mayor Michael Bloomberg faces a new fight now that he has won a major victory by convincing the City Council to back his plan to extend term-limits, clearing the way for him to run for another term.
As he gears up for a re-election campaign in 2009, the billionaire independent must try to win over his detractors _ the people he upset by the way he went about getting what he wanted.
Critics said he ignored the will of the people by going through the City Council instead of the voters to change the law by giving officeholders a third, consecutive four-year term. They also say Bloomberg disappointed New Yorkers by reversing his long-held view that voters had …
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