Guide for the last-minute voter

Par usual, Gotham Gazette has compiled an excellent summary of where the candidates in today's election stand on various issues.

See, in particular, the Guide for the Last Minute Voter and Where [the Mayoral Candidates] Stand.

No one is happy about Bloomberg's extension of term limits, but I'm voting for him anyway. Thompson has done next to nothing to distinguish himself, and Bloomberg has shown a commitment to urban planning rare in electeds. In a city like New York, we can't be thinking of transportation reform, the environment, and other efforts to insure New York's future as fringe issues. Bloomberg has proven himself to be a true progressive here.

I don't agree with Bloomberg on everything. Banning smoking in parks? Please. But at least he has the guts to experiment and take bold measures. And he has made it a mission to not only hire and work with people who are genuinely experts in their field — he actually listens to them. With Thompson, we're bound to get little more than business as usual.