Ron Dellums
Ron Dellums
Ronald Vernie "Ron" Dellumsserved as Oakland's forty-eighthmayor. From 1971 to 1998, he was elected to thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Northern California's 9th Congressional District, after which he worked as a lobbyist in Washington D.C....
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth24 November 1935
failure trying crime
Failure is not a crime. The crime is not trying.
honorable wrong
There is nothing wrong with being an honorable lobbyist.
use benefits needs
If you're going to use the public resources, you need the public benefit.
fighting two firsts
I have two things going for me. The first is the fidelity to my principles, and the other is my ability to show up for the fight every day. Period that.