[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 13425-13426]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        IN HONOR OF BRENT LARKIN

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 21, 2009

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor and recognition of 
Brent Larkin, upon his retirement as Editorial Page Director of the 
Plain Dealer, where his political columns and news stories inspired 
emotion, provoked thought and blazed across the pages of our City's 
daily newspaper for nearly thirty years.
  A native Clevelander, Brent Larkin graduated from Brush High School 
in 1965. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio 
University, and later a doctorate of law degree from Cleveland Marshall 
College of Law in 1986. He was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1987.
  Brent's interest in Cleveland's political scene was sparked in 1970, 
when he was hired by the Cleveland Press to cover the news at Cleveland 
City Hall. In 1976, he was named the newspaper's politics editor. In 
1981, he

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joined The Plain Dealer as a politics writer then later as a columnist. 
In 1991, he was named director of The Plain Dealer's opinion pages. 
Brent Larkin has been honored several times over the years for his work 
in journalism, including an induction into the Cleveland Press Club 
Hall of Fame in October of 2002. Brent's editorial columns deftly 
highlighted Cleveland's political and social scenes for Ohio's largest 
newspaper.
  Madam Speaker and Colleagues, please join me in honor and recognition 
of Brent Larkin, upon his recent retirement from The Cleveland Plain 
Dealer. Fearless in expressing his opinion, his columns were 
entertaining, informative and above all, his ability to zero in on the 
heart of an issue in just a few strategically written paragraphs earned 
him a constituency of readers that kept coming back to see what he 
would write next.

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