Bill Ratliff: A Profile of Courage and Leadership in American Politics

by Robert Edward, Jr. Sterken

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Lt. Governor Bill Ratliff is an engineer, a widely respected senator, and according to Caroline Kennedy he is "an inspiration to all who serve in government, and to all Americans." Senator Ratliff, nicknamed "Obi Wan Kenobi" by his colleagues, was a revered and much loved leader in Texas for more than a decade. He singularly wrote the Texas Robin-Hood school finance law, a major Ethics reform law, a Texas tort reform law, and held a great disdain for narrow partisanship and politics. This is the inspirational story of a great man doing good work in a time when many are cynical about political leadership and government. His courageous stand on principle brought him to a showdown with powerful forces in the Bush White House and earned him the public vitriol of right-wing billionaires.
  • ISBN10 1498546951
  • ISBN13 9781498546959
  • Publish Date 14 November 2016
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Lexington Books
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 218
  • Language English