While on council, Thompson introduced legislation to sell off city-owned Western artifacts in order to raise money to pay down debts.

[7] 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, led to a fiscal emergency she attempted to resolve.

Widespread criticisms of Thompson's management style came early and throughout her mayoral tenure, and was reported referring to City Controller Dan Miller as "that homosexual, evil little man," causing staffers to resign.

[11] Valentine's Day 2011 brought a "Show Your Love for Harrisburg: Demand Linda Thompson Resign" rally in the plaza outside of City Hall of over 200 protesters, where she stood at the window and mocked her detractors with hand gestures and mouthed "I'm staying".

[12][13] In late March 2013 as Mayor Thompson was discussing the privatization of city waste collection, she stated, "We're not opening up our flood gates for some scumbag that comes from Perry County who … comes here and wants to dump for free."