Linda D. Thompson

Linda D. Thompson
Mayor of the City of Harrisburg
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 4, 2010
Preceded by Stephen R. Reed
Personal details
Political party Democratic
Residence Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Linda D. Thompson is the current mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She assumed office on January 4, 2010. Thompson is Harrisburg's first female and first black mayor.[1]

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Early life

Born and raised in Harrisburg, Thompson graduated from Harrisburg High School in 1979.[2] She went on to attend Howard University in Washington, DC where she received a B.S. in Communications. While in Washington, Thompson interned at the United States Department of Justice.

Political career

In 2001, Thompson was elected to serve on the Harrisburg City Council. She was re-elected and appointed President of City Council in 2005. While on council, Thompson introduced legislation to sell off city-owned Western artifacts in order to raise money to pay down debts. She also amended the 2009 budget to include $100,000 to pay for a city-wide bulk trash pickup.[3] Thompson decided not to run for re-election in 2009 and instead ran for the Democratic nomination for Mayor. In the May primary, Thompson beat former mayor Stephen R. Reed by nearly 1,000 votes to win the election.[4] Despite her upset win in the Democratic primary, Thompson went on to win the general election by only about 800 votes against Republican challenger Nevin Mindlin.[5] Recently Ms. Thompson has been forced to step aside as burgeoning debt forced a state takeover of the city by current Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett.[6] Failure to reach an agreement on how to assign the budget and what should or should not be included as well as an Act 47 proposal by the state turned down by the City Council has led to the current crisis she is attempting to deal with.[7] [8] Amidst the unrest in the capital city citizens have started to demand her resignation. [9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Linda Thompson sworn in as Harrisburg mayor". www.pennlive.com. http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/01/linda_thompson_sworn_in_as_har.html. Retrieved 2010-01-04. 
  2. ^ Harrisburg Mayor-elect Linda Thompson is region's top newsmaker of the year Harrisburg Patriot-News, December 27, 2009. Accessed 2009.
  3. ^ About Linda Thompson, accessed 2009.
  4. ^ Election results could reshape Harrisburg Harrisburg Patriot-News, May 24, 2009. Accessed 2009.
  5. ^ Dauphin County Election Results for the General Election, Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Dauphin County Government, accessed 2009.
  6. ^ Mayor Thompson Tries to hold on to power as state takeover looms Pennlive.com, October 19, 2011. Accessed 2011.
  7. ^ Mayor's Budget requests camera,picture copier ABC News 27, September 29, 2011. Accessed 2012.
  8. ^ [http://www.fox43.com/news/wpmt-harrisburg-emergency-declaration,0,1047970.story Governor Tom Corbett declares fiscal emergency for Harrisburg. Fox 43. Accessed 2012.
  9. ^ Demand the Resignation of Linda Thompson www.facebook.com, accessed 2012.
   
Federal capital: Vincent C. Gray (D), Washington D.C.

State capital: Linda D. Thompson, (Harrisburg)

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