Several Realneo members, including myself, had the opportunity to meet Mr. Thompson about a year ago at the Inner Circle - Star Complex. Norm Roulet was instrumental in helping East Cleveland develop it's IT presence and Mr. Thompson was involved with East Cleveland at that time.
Links:
[1] http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=81974658207
[2] http://www.clevelandcitycouncil.org/Home/CouncilMembers/Ward11MichaelDPolensek/tabid/127/Default.aspx
[3] http://www.clthompson4ward11.org/drupal-6.12/