The indomitable Don Plusquellic : how a controversial mayor quarterbacked Akron's comeback /

"Until his resignation in May 2015, Don Plusquellic had been the mayor of Akron, Ohio, for twenty-eight years. When he took office in 1987, Ronald Reagan was in the White House, the average price for a car was a little over $10,000, and later that year the US stock market would drop over 22 percent...

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Xehetasun bibliografikoak
Egile nagusia: Love, Steve, 1946- (Egilea)
Formatua: Baliabide elektronikoa eBook
Hizkuntza:ingelesa
Argitaratua: Akron, Ohio : Ringtaw Books, 2016.
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Sarrera elektronikoa:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Aurkibidea:
  • Introduction: Life writing can be hazardous to your health
  • Football : a plan for a lifetime
  • A sense of his place
  • The Council years
  • A sense of himself
  • A year of firsts : governing and campaigning
  • Breathing new life into downtown
  • Water + vision = JEDDs
  • Mayor versus media
  • Leader or bully? : it's not that simple
  • Staying power
  • Chinks in the armor
  • The larger stage
  • The schooling of an education mayor
  • The recall
  • To run or not to run
  • Afterword.