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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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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The people who live there don't consider it a casino. It's a luxurious place to go for an evening out.
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People who are involved in methamphetamine have found other ways to get it. People always find a way to get around a new law, or at least part of it.
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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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For a lot of the older people moving to town, the locals casino becomes their venue of choice. They have low-cost buffets. You can see movies there, play bingo. Those people are lonely, and they have money. They don't have obligations.
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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 really made an effort to give this a student-centered focus.
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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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Those areas are growing fast, ... The Canadian and U.S. churches are shrinking - it's the incredible shrinking church. It's not surprising, because there's no meat there.
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Until we got that rain in June, we we're going to be nip and tuck. Hopefully we'll get a good winter.
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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 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.