comptroller• His father, a comptroller of customs, had diedmonths before his birth.• As comptroller, he alone kept the books for all of CookCounty government.• Mr Badillo will run for the post of city comptroller, now held by a fellow-Democrat, Elizabeth Holtzman.• Olson has been the company comptroller since 1975.• This coffee got particular attention because the comptroller was present.• He was the comptroller of a medium-size privatehospital.