WASHINGTON It was around dusk when about 15 of Marcia Fudge’s sorority sisters gathered on the deck of a friend’s house in Warrensville Heights, Ohio.
It had been a tough day. They had attended the funeral of U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a fellow member of Delta Sigma Theta. Fudge, a close friend and former chief of staff for Tubbs Jones, told them that August day in 2008 that some power brokers had urged her to run for the congressional seat.
She thought maybe she could protect the legacy of Tubbs Jones.
Fudge had been mayor in Warrensville Heights, a city of fewer than 14,000 people. A congressional campaign would require a huge war chest.
His second act: Former Cuyahoga County commissioner is now making a name for himself on the stage
Peter Lawson Jones still has a license to practice law, but acting has been his professional focus since leaving office. Author: Leon Bibb Updated: 11:40 PM EST January 27, 2021
CLEVELAND For a Greater Clevelander who lived the ups and downs of local politics, it is a long way from that world to the ins and outs of the lights, camera, action of the dramatic world.
But Peter Lawson Jones traveled the road from Cuyahoga County commissioner to dramatic actor. Where once he persuaded voters to mark the ballot for him, now his persuasion goes another way.