{"id":1479,"date":"2009-10-01T19:58:03","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T23:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/uapress\/product\/import-placeholder-for-31\/"},"modified":"2022-12-05T12:49:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T17:49:30","slug":"columnists-view-of-capitol-square","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/uapress\/product\/columnists-view-of-capitol-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Columnist&#8217;s View of Capitol Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-top: 20px;padding-bottom: 25px\"><a style=\"margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 30px;padding: 10px 15px 10px 20px;background-color: white;text-align: center;text-decoration: none;border: 3px double #377bb5;letter-spacing: 4px\" href=\"http:\/\/ideaexchange.uakron.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1127&amp;context=uapress_publications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ A SAMPLE<\/a><\/div>\n<p>This carefully-selected collection brings together his columns about the major figures, seminal events, and legends from 1969 through 2005. Leonard, the man with no agenda but the truth, covers campaigns and national political conventions, including the famous Democratic primary battles between John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum in the 1970s. Fully described is the era of the four-term Governor James A. Rhodes, who controlled the Ohio Republican Party for two decades.<\/p>\n<p>Among the cast of characters are colorful lobbyist, Tom Dudgeon, who described the legislative process as \u201cThe Dance of the Stomping Buzzards,\u201d state Senator Oakley Collins, a southern Ohioan who campaigned so enthusiastically that he \u201ccould dive into the Ohio River and shake three hands before he surfaced,\u201d and Senator Tony Calabrese, a former nightclub bouncer from Cleveland, who told a nervous lobbyist: \u201cDon\u2019t worry. Once I\u2019m bought, I stay bought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><i>No one\u2014I mean no one\u2014knows more about the inner workings of Ohio politics than Lee Leonard. With clear vision and steadfast integrity he clears the political underbrush so that his readers get a real understanding of how their tax dollars are spent\u2014and misspent.<br \/>\n<b>\u2014U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><i>LEE LEONARD is that rare observer\u2014one with a real understanding and appreciation of the very imperfect people, processes, and politics that somehow makes the system work, in Columbus and in other state capitals as well. No journalist has covered the Statehouse as long and as faithfully as Leonard. His columns provide the best of reads for reviewing almost four decades of politics in Ohio; they reflect his discerning eye and critical judgment.<br \/>\n<b>\u2014Alan Rosenthal, Professor of Public Policy, Rutgers University<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><i>For those who follow Ohio politics\u2014either closely or casually\u2014Lee Leonard\u2019s delightful collection of a lifetime of columns on the topic is an invaluable addition to understanding of this fascinating topic.<br \/>\n<b>\u2014Alexander P. Lamis, Case Western Reserve University, editor of <\/b><\/i><b>Ohio Politics<\/b><\/p>\n<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n<p>Lee Leonard covered the Ohio Statehouse for\u00a0<i>United Press International<\/i>\u00a0and the\u00a0<i>Columbus Dispatch<\/i>\u00a0until his retirement in 2005. 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