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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I think a real marker is if a leader has aberrant theology and is not held accountable,
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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.
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We just think about it as good business and good business sense,
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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.
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But G2E, with 700 exhibitors, shows it's an open industry. Las Vegas has thrived on openness and we should send a signal the industry is open.
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She was beautiful. She kept thinking she was going to be a model.
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maybe makes Bobby Siller's words carry a little more meaning.
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We're just going to put everything on hold now until we have further insight on the process.
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Macau is going to be a gold mine if the Chinese never take it over. And since Wynn can keep selling sublicenses in Macau, there's almost no way he can lose in the short run.
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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 was having the tree cut down as a safety factor because it leaned way over the house.
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It had the best golf course and was a true resort,
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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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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.