Great Book!
As a former legislative aide in the Ohio House of Reps., I was intrigued when this book was published and couldn't wait to read it. If there's one criticism I have for it -- it's just WAY too short, especially for a man who served in the Ohio Legislature for as long as Vern Riffe did. It seems to me that the family had something to do with the brevity of these memoirs. I know that the family had a lot to do with the delay in publishing it, so it wouldn't surprise me a bit if the family also cut out a lot, too. I knew Vern Riffe for several years, and even had the opportunity to sit down with him, my boss (a state legislator) and "shoot the breeze" for a few hours one day at a restaurant in Columbus. Vern Riffe was an unbelievable man -- and truly cared about all of Ohio. There will never be another legislator or Speaker like him. It was a pleasure knowing you, Mr. Speaker.
