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At the annual Women’s Campaign Fund dinner last night at the home of Community Board One’s Julie Menin, City Comptroller William Thompson had a wry sense of humor about yesterday’s scandalous revelations regarding Eliot Spitzer and a gaggle of high-end prostitutes. “I wonder what we’ll be talking about this evening?” Thompson had already cracked twice before he made it all the way into the party. Thompson called Spitzer “a friend” and expressed “shock and disbelief” about the recent news. While he stopped short of calling for the governor’s resignation, he expressed the obvious concern. “I think it is very difficult to govern in the current situation.” He was not as reticent in his views about Spitzer’s possible successor, Lieutenant Governor David A. Paterson. “While Eliot’s a friend, David’s a very good friend.” Thompson went on to express his belief that as minority leader Paterson helped to change the Democratic Senate, that they became much more aggressive and idea-focused under his guidance. “I think the world of him; he is such a talented person.” —Catherine Coreno
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