CANDIDATE:
DEBORAH
SIMS
CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF:
COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 5
NOVEMBER 2, 2010 ELECTION:
2010 ILLINOIS GENERAL ELECTION
CANDIDATE STATEMENT
Building a Stronger Community for All of Us
Welcome & thank you for viewing my profile.
I was sworn into my office as Cook County Commissioner for the 5th District in December of 1994. Since this date, it has been a great privilege working with and serving the people of the Chicago South and South Suburban areas.
While in office, my accomplishments include bringing the Robbins and Ford Heights Clinics to our neighborhoods, securing millions in federal funding for local community organizations and working to reduce crime among our youth by creating Youth Crime Summits.
If re-elected, I will remain a strong advocate for the people of the 5th District and continue to work hard:
Promoting economic development and job creation.
Securing federal funding for our community.
Ensuring delivery of quality health care, and improving the Trauma Center in the South Suburbs.
Party: Democratic
Website: http://reelectdeborahsims.org
INDIVIDUAL ENDORSEMENTS
Jesse White, Illinois Secretary of State
Michael J. Madigan, Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives
Richard M. Daley, Mayor of the City of Chicago
Bobby Rush, Illinois Congressman
Rev. James T. Meeks, Illinois State Senator
Please view my website for a full list of endorsements
ORGANIZATION ENDORSEMENTS
SEIU Local 73
BIOGRAPHICAL INFO
Chairman of the Tax Delinquincy Committee
Vice Chairman of the Finance Committee
A member of the following Committees:
Construction; Compliance; Criminal Justice; Labor;
Health & Hospital; Elections; Road & Bridges;
Legislation, Intergovernmental & Veterans Relations;
Rules & Administration; Zoning & Building;
Workforce, Job Development & Training Opportunities.
Prior to her election, Commissioner Sims was a Youth Intervention Worker for the City of Chicago and a Youth Service Coordinator for the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Education: John M. Harlan High School, Chicago; Central YMCA College; Olive Harvey College; and Harold Washington College in Chicago.
