Socrates Balais Ledda.
Chief Ledda.
Sonny.
These names may be familiar to you, but for 26 years, I have known this person only as “Dad.”
My dad no longer holds the career that has defined him as a person to many of you. I’d like to take a moment to tell you about the man he is outside of that.
In short, one of a kind.
He doesn’t believe in buying individual Bojangles Chicken Biscuits. He would come home with an 8-piece box (not the Tailgate Special - heaven forbid) and tells the family to assemble biscuits ourselves. I made fun of him for being cheap at the time but secretly used this trick in college when I had too much month at the end of my money.
He told me he would buy me a phone for my birthday if I completed the Reindeer Run 5K, and that he would buy it that day if I placed in the top ten of my age group. I came in 9th… out of 9. I insisted that counted. He insisted it did not. So we compromised and said it didn't count.
You be the judge.
Many people lament that they become their parents. I am not one of those people.
In no uncertain terms, my dad is the greatest man I have ever known. He is sharp in wit, generous beyond measure, and uncompromising in morals. He treats everyone he meets, congressman or criminal, with respect.
These qualities do not disappear when he leaves the public view. They are intrinsic and unchanging. If I can be a fraction of the man he is, I will be almost as proud of myself as I am of him.
He’ll still be serving this community and his phone number is online. Give him a call.
Tell him to buy a Chicken Biscuit.
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