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
business good
We just think about it as good business and good business sense,
attempt expedition four good people summit
One out of four people who attempt the summit die. We've only got four people on our expedition -- those aren't very good odds.
good hopefully rain until
Until we got that rain in June, we we're going to be nip and tuck. Hopefully we'll get a good winter.
cleaned destroy everybody good nice patrol quit run using wildlife
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.
corporate good
Harrah's is a good corporate citizen, but they have priorities,
climb trip
It's not a trip to actually climb the mountain, It's more of a trekking trip, ... You can non-technically climb -- no ropes -- up to 22,000 feet.
glad hard lose realize suffer worse
I'm glad that he didn't have to suffer anymore. I realize that it's a hard thing to lose a president, and it's even worse to lose a friend.
dream none
None of it is something you can make a dream out of for your child.
absolute both eyes fault judge talking tears
It's an absolute tragedy, ... Both defendants had tears in their eyes while they were talking to the judge and said it was nobody's fault but their own.
center landscape looking media parking soon start
We're paving the parking lots, making our landscape more attractive. Soon we'll start looking at new buildings, more classrooms, a new chapel, a media center ... there's a lot in our minds.
counts doubt effort resources time
There's no doubt when we know it counts we'll put more effort into it. We'll have to reallocate our time and resources accordingly.
acted jesus resolution
The resolution on Jesus was tabled and never acted upon,
happy please spoke
I spoke with her the day before she was murdered. She was very happy and confident. I told her to come home, please come home.
is not going to go over very well.