May not know. His name is allen dixon. And allen dixon passed away a few years now. He is somebody who in his time everybody really liked. He had a nickname in politics. His nickname was al the pal, which was not tongueincheek, not satirical. He was kind of everybodys pal. He was a go along to get along politics and proudly so. He wrote a memoir about his time in politics. He was unsentimental and forward about it. Generally speaking, my political career was built on good will and accommodation. Good will and accommodation. By all accounts, he was a great guy. Tons of friends, and good will and accommodation was a great political strategy for him. Alan dixon first ran for elected office. He ran for Police Magistrate in belleville, illinois at the ripe old age of 21. And he one running for like the kids seat on the Police Magistrate board or something. He was running for real office. He won that first seat at age someone, and then he spent the rest of his adult life continually winning
Politician and proudly so. He wrote a memoir about his time in politics. He was unsentimental and forward about it. Generally speaking, my political career was built on goodwill and accommodation. Goodwill and accommodation. By all accounts, he was a great guy, tons of friends, and goodwill and accommodation was a great political strategy for him. Alan dixon first ran for elected office, he ran for Police Magistrate in belleville, illinois, at the ripe old age of 21. And he wasnt running for like the kids seat on the Police Magistrate board or something. He was running for real office. He won that first seat at age 21, and then he spent the rest of his adult life continually winning elections, one after another. Two years after he first won elected office at the age of 21, at the ripe old age of 23, he got elected to the state legislature. And then he got reelected and reelected and reelected again, served a whole bunch of terms in the legislature. Then he moved up and ran to be a stat