Remember, More Democracy, Not Less . . .

. . . because the great thing about strongarming elected representatives is that they can then be voted out of office:

The term-limits battle heated up yesterday as opponents accused Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn of threatening undecided council members.

“I’ve heard from some council people that they have been pressured, they have been threatened. I am obviously very disturbed by that,” said city Comptroller Bill Thompson, who plans to run for mayor next year .

Councilmembers Bill de Blasio and Letitia James, both Brooklyn Democrats, leveled the same charges.

“People were being told if you do the wrong thing, there will be negative ramifications,” de Blasio said.