Future planning

The Comptroller of New York City Bill Thompson (pictured) takes on the might of Michael Bloomberg today to see who will be the next mayor of New York.

I wish Bill Thompson well. He has been an exceptional friend of Ireland in an office where the bar had already been set very high by previous comptrollers.

You can read the Irish Echo editorial on the race here.

The polls have him trailing — after all Bloomberg is outspending him ten dollars to his every one, at least — but even if he doesn't get the key to Gracie Mansion, we can expect his life of public service to continue.

No doubt he holds with the view of Luis Valdez that "the future belongs to those who can imagine it".