{"id":44866,"date":"2015-01-15T21:55:13","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T01:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=44866"},"modified":"2015-01-15T21:55:13","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T01:55:13","slug":"leonard-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/leonard-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonard sworn in for second term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/leonardth.jpg\" alt=\"leonardth\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-44869\" \/>Takes on new leadership role<!--more--><br \/>\nState Rep. Tom Leonard today took the oath of office at the Capitol building in Lansing, kicking off his second term as representative for the people of the 93rd House District.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/leonard.jpg\" alt=\"leonard\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44870\" \/><br \/>\n<em>At left are Leonard\u2019s father Larry and mother Sadie.  His wife Jenell holds the Bible, and to her right are Leonard\u2019s sister Shelby and brother John.<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cThis job was very rewarding during my first term in office, as the actions we took in the Legislature started to show incredible results at turning around Michigan\u2019s economy,\u201d said Leonard, R-DeWitt. \u201cI\u2019m even more excited for my second term. Continual feedback from local residents is what enables me to do this job, and I look forward to hearing what they have to say during the next two years as I continue working on their behalf.\u201d<br \/>\nLeonard, who was joined in Lansing for the swearing-in ceremony by his wife Jenell and members of his extended family, is taking on a new role this term, serving as Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives.  In this position he will be in the Speaker\u2019s chair often during House session, keeping the chamber in order and directing lawmakers on when to vote.<br \/>\nThe 93rd House District covers Clinton County and portions of Gratiot County including the city of Ithaca and the townships of Sumner, Arcada, New Haven, North Shade, Newark, Fulton, Washington, North Star, Elba, Hamilton, Lafayette and Wheeler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Takes on new leadership role<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}