This press release is hot off the press from the Brooklyn Optimist:

A broad coalition
of elected members of the Kings County Democratic County Committee joined
forces today with Brooklyn Council Member Letitia James on the steps of City
Hall to demand that any changes to the City’s term limits law be put before the
voters to decide.

"The only
way to extend term limits is to put the power back into the hands of the
people, though holding a referendum," said Council Member Letitia James (D-Fort
Greene, Clinton Hill). "I believe 8.2 million people trump 51 [City Council]
Members."

Morgan
Pehme spoke on behalf of a diverse group of his fellow County Committee Members
from all throughout the borough of Brooklyn. "We are
here to honor the promise we made to the people of Brooklyn
when we stood before them on Primary Day and asked them to entrust us with
their votes," said Pehme. "We promised our neighbors that, if elected, we would
work for them, not for ourselves. Every candidate makes this pledge when they
run for office, and yet we are gathered together today before a building filled
with elected officials who have failed to honor this covenant with the people.

The
afternoon press conference was a follow-up to an open letter sent to
the City
Council on October 9th, signed by 35 Members of the Kings County
Democratic County Committee
who oppose a legislative change to the City’s term limits law. The
letter received strong support from the Committee Members’ constituents
and
requests from other Members of the County Committee to add their names
to the
list of signees.