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Many of Councilwoman Darlene Mealy's constituents were surprised to hear that she voted for Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to extend term limits Thursday. The councilwoman had indicated in past weeks that she was opposed.

"I think she kind of flip-flopped," said one man NY1 spoke to in Crown Heights.

"I think that was the wrong decision on her behalf," said another.

Just two weeks ago Mealy told NY1 she preferred the voters decide on extending term limits, not the City Council.

"A referendum would be good," she said in an interview on October 10. "If we never started off with a referendum, that would have been fine, but we have did it twice, people are accustomed to it now."

But then she went ahead and gave her okay to the mayor's plan – and now people in her district are wondering why.

"I'm like, wow," one constituent said. "I was like, she's on the right road, and then she just switched back I don't understand it."

"Maybe her hands were twisted," said another.

"You can't trust people nowadays," said a third.

And some people NY1 spoke with say her vote will have an impact on how they vote if she runs for re-election next year.

"I won't vote for her," one man said.

Some people, however, applauded her "yes" vote.

"I think it's for a reason that she changed her vote," one constituent said. "I still would vote for her again, I think it is important that we have a third term for people."

"Everybody does what is in their best interest," said another. "So what's wrong with that?"

Either way, there's little doubt that Mealy will be hearing from constituents about her vote – whether they liked it or not.