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Linda D. Thompson

Linda Deliah Thompson (born 1960)[1] is an American politician and former mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania serving from January 4, 2010, until January 6, 2014. Thompson was Harrisburg's first female and first black mayor.[2] In 2016 Thompson established LDT Ministries.[3]

Early life

Born and raised in Harrisburg, Thompson graduated from Harrisburg High School in 1979.[4] 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 citywide bulk trash pickup.[5]

Thompson decided not to run for re-election in 2009 an

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Harrisburg police commissioner has spent a career trying to defuse tensions. The current crisis is his biggest test yet

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“There’s a right way and a wrong way to treat people," Carter said.

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    Thompson has covered state government for The Patriot since 1999. Prior to that, he had covered various Cumberland County municipalities and school districts. Thompson lives in Carlisle with his wife, Beth, and their two children.

 Dan Gleiter / PennLive

Harrisburg police Commissioner Thomas Carter addresses demonstrators at the state Capitol on June 1, 2020, to protest racism and oppression and the murder of George Floyd.

It was once more into the fire Monday night for Thomas Carter, commissioner of the Harrisburg City Police.

The commissioner, who has earned a reputation for finding a way to help cooler heads prevail, faced a losing battle this time. As soon as he took to the microphone at a Black Lives Matter demonstration at the state Capitol, Carter was put on full blast by a group of abou

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How is Harrisburg going to find a qualified COO?

BY SCOTT REILLY

Ever heard the saying “trying to fit a square peg in a round hole”?

If not handled correctly, Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson’s hiring of a chief operating officer, or COO, to lead and manage the city’s staff could be just such a situation.

The square peg will be a COO hired without the right skills needed for running government successfully. The round hole? You guessed it — a debt-crippled city with one last chance to get it right.

Alleviating this crisis would mean hiring someone with a track record in fiscally responsible municipal government, with experience in successfully reorganizing a city and with the leadership skills to make tough decisions on repairing Harrisburg’s severe financial damage.

A person with this level of experience will not be easy to recruit, either. Quality candidates look for a situation where there is cooperation between the City Council and the mayor — something Harrisburg government clearly lacks.

This leads me to the question what has not been adequately addressed by Harrisbur

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