Gothamist (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Daily News' Elizabeth Benjamin reports that City Comptroller Bill Thompson's name is "being floated" for various positions, including Senator. Rep. Jose Serrano says, "Billy Thompson obviously is the kind of public servant who not only who serves the public well but has proven he doesn't need a lot of money to do well in an election. He would be a formidable candidate statewide...
The Neighborhood Retail Alliance (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
In all of the speculating over, "Who Killed Billy Thompson," the role of President Obama has loomed large. The NY Daily News raises some very interesting points: " President Obama 's brain trust floated a raft of excuses on Wednesday in answer to complaints that he didn't lift a finger for vanquished Democrat William Thompson . "It was a sleeper race. No one thought it was going...
Room Eight (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
After 16 continuous years of Republican mayors in New York City, you would think that there would be an urgency amongst democrats (nationwide) to get rid of this present pompous and arrogant mayor Michael Bloomberg: well you could have fooled me. After watching President Barack Obama (and surely his political director /Patrick Gaspard too) insult the democrat’s nominee William (Billy) Thompson,...
Lost in the Ozone... (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Read original... William Thompson speaks at a rally outside of Mayor Bloomberg's campaign headquarters on Tuesday to protest Bloomberg's refusal to state his positions on an AIDS issues. Democratic mayoral hopeful William Thompson finally got some love from President Obama - but he had to share it with two other citywide candidates. "Our great city controller, our candidate for mayor, my friend...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
If Bill Thompson could draw up the ideal endorsement from President Obama, it probably wouldn't have been worded as Obama delivered it last night . "A great city comptroller, our candidate for mayor, my friend Billy Thompson is in the house," is the entirety of what Obama said, which Thompson then decided to interpret as an endorsement. But even if it wasn't really an "endorsement,"...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
President Barack Obama did in fact mention Democratic candidate for mayor, City Comptroller Bill Thompson, during last night 's Democratic fundraiser: " Our great city comptroller, our candidate for mayor, my friend Billy Thompson is in the house. " And that was it. Even Thompson himself, when asked if he thought it was an endorsement, said , "No. Do you consider that an endorsement?"...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
All day Bill Thompson's campaign was atwitter over the chance that President Obama would mention and perhaps, maybe, possibly even endorse the Democratic candidate for mayor. Well, there's good news and bad news. The good news: Obama mentioned Thompson! The bad: He didn't exactly endorse him. This is what Obama said: "A great city comptroller, our candidate for mayor, my friend Billy Thompson...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Democratic mayoral nominee Bill Thompson finally got the personal shout-out he had been pining for from President Obama, but he had to share the glory. The president acknowledged the comptroller from the stage at a low-dollar, health care reform-themed DNC event at the Hammerstein Ballroom tonight, telling the crowd: "Our candidate for mayor, my friend Billy Thompson, is in the house." But...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
No Billy Thompson on the Broncos' 50-year anniversary team? What, are the uncounted chads in the mail?
Room Eight (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
I expect to win my race for the 40th council district. I expect to get the votes of more than half of those who show up to vote in this race. I will say no more on this right now. I also expect that the turnout in my race will be higher than usual. I will say more on that at another time. Expect the highest raw number for a Dem primary winner in this district since the lines were cut in 1991. Right...
Joystiq (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Before Microsoft revealed that Ruffian Games would be developing the upcoming Crackdown sequel , the original game's developer, Realtime Worlds, expressed some skepticism towards the idea. "I very much doubt that Microsoft would harm an otherwise fruitful existing development relationship by gambling on funding Crackdown 2 with a startup on RTW's doorstep, for obvious reasons," RTW's Colin...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
Comptroller Bill Thompson got some support this afternoon from Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who praised her fellow Democrat's record even as she continued to refuse to commit to supporting him against her ally, Mayor Bloomberg. Asked to comment on Thompson's job performance, Quinn said she thought he had been a "very good comptroller for the City of New York," but also cautioned that...
Thompson Ahern E-News (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
(Ted Balaker & Nick Gillespie — Reason TV) Is your iPod unpatriotic? Its 451 parts are made in dozens of nations, and creating the little doodads employs thousands of foreigners. Final assembly is done in China-a country that right-wingers and left-wingers alike fear is an economic threat to the U.S. As the recession worsens, maybe patriotic Americans should be smashing foreign-made iPods...
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 07/21/2009
Is your iPod unpatriotic? Its 451 parts are made in dozens of nations , and creating the little doodads employs thousands of foreigners. Final assembly is done in China-a country that right-wingers and left-wingers alike fear is an economic threat to the U.S. As the recession worsens, maybe patriotic Americans should be smashing foreign-made iPods in protest. Or at least hiring bikini-clad American...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 07/15/2009
Councilman Bill de Blasio is poised to unveil the results of his petitioning and latest round of fundraising, and both numbers dwarf what's being reported by the man to beat in the public advocate's race: Mark Green. De Blasio's campaign will announce it has raised $221,570 - the most it has collected in any period to date - which brings his total to date to $1.3 million. Of that, $243,615 is matchable,...
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