He seems to be incredibly prone to falling into situations that he has to struggle to get out of. In a lot of ways, he is like Bugs Bunny. Jesse falls into situations and then spends the next week or two climbing out of them, just like Bugs. Lenagh and his wife, Sandra, own the company Banner Systems, which has allowed him to use his training as a graphic designer. The company, located near the Metrodome, employs eight and is a custom applique manufacturer of banners and cold-air inflatables.
Customers are mainly architects and interior designers.
When Lenagh was a youngster growing up in Sioux City, Iowa, his dream was to draw comic books for Marvel. He was a voracious reader of comic books, and even now will sneak a peak at one or two every month or so. But he never achieved his dream with Marvel, though in the early 1980s he and Sandra did produce an independent comic book. Conn. Lenagh identifies himself as a political independent, socially liberal but conservative in other ways. During the last governor's race, he started out attracted to DFL candidate Skip Humphrey.