Bill Thompson
Bill Thompson
William Colridge "Bill" or "Billy" Thompson, Jr. is an American politician who was the 42nd Comptroller of New York City. Sworn into office on January 1, 2002, he was reelected to serve a second term that began on January 1, 2006. He did not seek re-election in 2009, instead running for mayor, and was succeeded as comptroller by John Liu...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 July 1953
CityBrooklyn, NY
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There are more important things to do. And courts don't want to waste time and they'll say, 'work something out.'. . . And the prosecutor doesn't want to go after the fire company. It's not worth police energy. It would solve matters if they could clean up the legislation.
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I think a real marker is if a leader has aberrant theology and is not held accountable,
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It had the best golf course and was a true resort,
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We made sure all those young men being crippled by enemy fire were safe. We took them home.
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We try to keep it cleaned up. But we just don't have the enforcement to patrol it. There's a lot of garbage. It would be nice if we could get everybody to quit using it for a landfill. And it's pretty good wildlife habitat, but they run their four-wheelers through it and just destroy it.
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I enjoy the process, the game, trying to solve the puzzle on who's going to win the race.
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I was having the tree cut down as a safety factor because it leaned way over the house.
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Harrah's is a good corporate citizen, but they have priorities,
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We had heard from parents and people outside the school that we were moving to Lafayette or in that area. But we like to think we're a vital part of the Opelousas community. We're not going anywhere.
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We'll probably just see a handful of westerners. It's much easier and cheaper to get to Nepal than Tibet.
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We'll probably just see a handful of westerners, ... It's much easier and cheaper to get to Nepal than Tibet.
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We do want a viable junior high and high school in Lafayette, but not at the expense of our Opelousas campus.
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We really made an effort to give this a student-centered focus.
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If employees feel that they're not open to being discriminated against I think it makes everyone feel a little safer and a little more wanted. And then you have better and more productive employees.