At first, Leslie doesn't get along with Ben, saying later she thought he was a 'fascist hard ass'. In ' The Master Plan,' Leslie meets Ben Wyatt and Chris Traeger, who are state auditors who have come to Pawnee because the city is broke. Dave asks Leslie to move with him to San Diego, and although she considered it, she ultimately declined and they parted ways amicably.Īfter Ann sets her up with Justin in ' The Set Up,' Ron later shows Leslie that he is just selfish and they break up in ' Galentine's Day'. Army Reserve, was called into active duty in San Diego, where he will be doing custodial work. Towards the end of the season, Dave, who was enlisted in the U.S.

Also, more of her relationships with her co-workers is shown. She also begins taking charge and gains a lot of confidence. Leslie seems to move on from her romantic interest in Mark and begins dating police officer Dave Sanderson. Although finding it tough at first, Leslie finally lets Ann date Mark after he asked her out and after she dumped her boyfriend, Andy Dwyer, when finding out he could have gotten his cast off two weeks early, but decided not to. However, she learns that overcoming the red tape of government and budget deficits is difficult. Leslie takes on the project, hoping to build a park there, and quickly becomes friends with Ann. At a public forum, she meets Ann Perkins, who informs her about a pit near her house that her boyfriend, Andy Dwyer, fell into. She is also desperate to impress her mother Marlene, who is a well-known politician in the Pawnee government. Initially, Leslie is shown to carry romantic feelings for her co-worker Mark Brendanawicz due to her romantic altercation with him several years before. Leslie is a proud member of numerous action committees in and around City Hall, including, but not limited to: the Equal Opportunity Committee, the Fun in the Sun Committee, the Clean Restroom Task Force, the Increased Access to Restrooms Task Force, the Handicapped Restroom Task Force, the Committee for Repainting Handicapped Parking Spaces Task Force, the Parks Committee of Pawnee, Leslie's Sorry Division, and the Task Force to Reduce the Number of Public Restrooms. In addition, she displays the photographs of Madeline Albright, Condoleezza Rice, Janet Reno, and Nancy Pelosi. Knope is a fan of Hillary Clinton (whom Amy Poehler spoofed during her tenure on Saturday Night Live), prominently displaying her official portrait as Secretary of State on the wall next to her door. She and Mark Brendanawicz, a coworker of hers and reputable womanizer, hooked up leaving Leslie with romantic feelings towards him, although it meant nothing to Mark. Leslie is a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana who hopes to advance her career and improve her town, while working towards her goal of becoming the first female President. Her father, Robert, passed away in 1985 (when Leslie was 10) and was buried in a cemetery in Florida.

She attended Indiana University, graduated summa cum laude with a degree in History from the School of Environmental and Public Affairs, and is a Hoosier athletics fan. Leslie graduated in the top 5% of her class at Pawnee North High School, where she was Co-Vice President of the Student Body and a member of Model United Nations, Key Club, Debate Club, Mock Trial, Young Democrats, Young Independents (founding member), Drama Club, Historical Society, Orchestra, Color Guard, and junior varsity field hockey. She vowed early on to give back to this vibrant and fascinating town by living a life of public service. Although born in the neighboring rival town of Eagleton, due to the fact that the Pawnee hospital was overrun with raccoons, Leslie is a definite Pawneean.

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