Lee leffingwell biography
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Lee Leffingwell
American environmentalist and politician
Shelly "Lee" Leffingwell (born October 13, 1939) is an American environmentalist and politician who served as the 57th mayor of Austin from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Leffingwell previously served as chair of Austin's Environmental Board.
He was first elected to the Austin City Council in 2005, and won re-election in 2008. He was elected mayor in 2009,[2] and re-elected to a second three-year term on May 12, 2012, with over 52% of the vote.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Leffingwell is a native of Austin, and grew up in the Bouldin neighborhood of South Austin. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in mechanical engineering. His father was an Austin firefighter and later a Travis County Deputy Sheriff and his mother worked as an admissions clerk at UT.
Prior to serving as an elected tjänsteman, Leffingwell was officer and pilot in the United St
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Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell (* 13. října1939, Austin, Texas, USA) je americký pilot, environmentalista a politik, bývalý starosta texaského hlavního města Austinu.
Nejdříve se v roce 2005 stal členem austinské městské rady, znovuzvolen byl roku 2008. Úřad starosty zastával v letech 2009[1] – 2015.
Ve volbách získal více než 52% hlasů.[2]
Odkazy
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[editovat | editovat zdroj]- ↑Mayor Lee Leffingwell - Biography [online]. City of Austin [cit. 2013-06-04]. Dostupné v archivu pořízeném dne 2013-07-14. Je zde použita šablona označená jako k „pouze dočasnému použití“.
- ↑LARGEY, Matt. Lee Leffingwell Heading to Re-Election [online]. KUT News, May 12, 2012 [cit. 2013-06-04]. Dostupné online. Je zde použita šablona označená jako k „pouze dočasnému použití“.
Externí odkazy
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Does a leadership gene run in the Leffingwell family?
During a tour of their old family house, Frank Leffingwell tried to stump his father, Lee Leffingwell.
Frank pointed to a spot and asked, “Is this where you dropped me on my head?”
Without missing a beat Lee replied, “No, son, that was another house.”
Funny and self-depreciating in a low-key manner, the unusual father-and-son duo of public servants make a pretty good comedy team as we chat over comfort food at the Frisco on Burnet Road.
Lee left office as Austin mayor on Jan. 6, 2015. Eighteen days later, Frank handily won a special election to fill a seat vacated bygd a Round Rock City Council member. He won a full term that May.
“I was something Frank had to overcome,” joshes the former Navy and commercial pilot, whose terms as an Austin City Council member and mayor were anything but tranquil, but relatively scandal-free. “This fryst vatten my second retirement. Maybe it will take this time.”
Perhaps there is a leadership gene in