Deborah Sims threatens Cook County: "We've got to get that penny back"

by: bored now

Thu Jan 14, 2010 at 09:02:03 AM CST


We've been given fair warning.  If Deborah Sims is re-elected, she will vote to raise our taxes (again) here in Cook County.  "I think that penny -- we need to figure out how to get it back," she told the League of Women Voters candidate forum in Flossmoor on Wednesday night.  "We've got to get that penny back."  Despite the observation from Sims' opponent, Sheila Chalmers-Currin, that we "pay the highest sales tax in America," the current County Commissioner for the 5th district was completely unmoved.  The increase of the penny sales tax was justified, and Sims made it very clear where she stood.

With Todd Stroger and raising our taxes.
bored now :: Deborah Sims threatens Cook County: "We've got to get that penny back"
Supporters of Deborah Sims passed out the flyer that Todd Stroger has been using to explain why the County's increase in our sales taxes shouldn't be a cause for alarm.  Like Todd Stroger, Sims boasts that Cook County is "in good shape," one of the few governmental entities in the country that is completely unaffected by the worst recession most residents have ever seen.  But the reason that Cook County can "afford" to pay for Deborah Sims' expensive Cadillac or her chauffeur or Stroger's relatives or contracts that go not to the lowest but the highest bidders (who just so happen to be political backers of Todd Stroger and Deborah Sims) is because Stroger and Sims raised Cook County taxes to a level that allowed excessive spending for their personal benefit.

But we aren't overtaxed, Sims told us.  Nope, the County's portion of your tax bill is miniscle and more than justified.  So much so that she pledged to add another penny to it!

"We've got to get that penny back," Sims told the crowded room in Flossmoor.

Sims' opponent couldn't have disagreed more with her intention of raising our taxes again.  "We are taxed enough," Sheila Chalmers-Currin said last night.  She noted that Sims' comments were a "perfect example of being out of touch with your constituents."

"This tax is too much," she concluded.

Wherein one of Deborah Sims' employees interrupted Chalmers-Currin, and was publicly admonished by the League of Women Voters' moderator.

Given additional time, Sheila Chalmers-Currin observed that "We can't afford four more years of the same."  The back of the crowd erupted in applause.


Sheila Chalmers-Currin is one of many candidates who have banded together to Change Cook County.  You can help fight the machine and the greedy politicians who perpetuate it by contributing to Sheila and others who want to change Cook County.
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Deborah Sims threatens Cook County: "We've got to get that penny back" | 20 comments
Sheila Chalmers-Currin (0.00 / 0)
Bored Now, what has Sheila done?  How do I know she is not another as you call it "greedy politician"?  Now to my understanding Matteson's tax has also increased, what did Sheila do about that?

I am all for Change and want politician's that are for the people and not themselves.  I do know and have seen Deborah Sims in the community and giving for the community.  I actually volunteered with a few friends for an event she had for the 5th District community but I have never seen or heard of Sheila Chalmers-Currin and I have been in Matteson for several years.  

What experience does she have with county government?  I looked at her site and I see she is a member of some non-profits, but what is her County government knowledge???

Given the fact that Sheila is the only real alternative... (0.00 / 0)
...to another four years of Deborah Sims' style of plantation politics, the fact that Chalmers-Currin has a pulse and is on the ballot would be enough.  But in fact she has sound credentials, which the Chicago Tribune noted in its endorsement of her on Sunday.
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i wondered who had put up the stroger and sims signs... (0.00 / 0)
sounds like it was you.

since you brought up tax increases, what we do know is this: sheila chalmers-currin voted against the tax increase brought before her, while deborah sims not only voted for todd stroger's tax increase and to uphold his veto but tried to bully others into supporting it, as well.

it wouldn't take much to be a less greedy politician than deborah sims.  taxpayers pay for her fancy car, for her to be chauffeured around town, for her staff to serve as a protective bubble when she is out in public, etc.  this has all been well-documented.  the fact that she refuses to comply with the law because she's afraid that someone might steal her identify is testimony to just how much wealth she has gained from taxpayers.  if you don't have something to steal, you don't care if someone can steal it.

as for experience, i'm glad that chalmers-currin has no experience in raising our taxes or feeding excessively from the public trough.  i'm glad she has no experience in bullying opponents.  i'm glad that she has no connections to a public health system that is so clearly mismanaged and run for the personal benefit of our county politicians.  if i had wanted experience in federal government i would have voted for hillary clinton or john mccain.  but i wanted CHANGE, which is why i worked so hard to elect barack obama president.  

so if you really believe in change -- then deborah sims represents what we need to change from.  like george bush, sims thinks she's above the law.  there is no hope in sims, sims brings only fear and despair.

if you actually live in the south suburbs, you know that deborah sims has no presence in our communities, no one knows who she is (except for government employees), and no one has any expectations that she will either represent or help us out here in the south suburbs.  sims is unquestionably a superb representative for chicago and chicago's interests.  but the word to describe her approach to the south suburbs is not neglect, it's "screw us."  it's not that sims has forgotten about the south suburbs, she couldn't care less about us...

Want to drive conservatives crazy?  Send President Obama back to Washington for four more years...

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Disagree (0.00 / 0)
I live in Matteson and I have heard of Sims and as I stated above, I have volunteered for one of her community programs.  Now I have not seen or heard of Mrs. Chalmers-Currins until this election.

Now I am neither a government employee nor affiliated with any office.  You stated "fact that Chalmers-Currin has a pulse and is on the ballot would be enough." Now that would be stupid for me to vote for her just because she has a pulse and was able to get on the ballot.  That means any person that wakes up and decides to run without any experience, I should vote for them??? Yeah, no!

Now I am also for Change and hope and progress.  I believe that I have that in Deborah Sims.  Her mission is to help change the suburbs.  Now can 7,000+ people be wrong??

Sims has brought jobs and economic development to the area.  The 5th District is one the poorest districts she has done a great job.

Now really has that been documented??? Her so called "chauffeur" is her Chief of Staff which your source Fox News validated.  They also validated that he still does his job while car pooling with Sims.  They are punished for trying to be economical and saving on gas instead of being applauded for being cost-efficient.  Also what staff has she used as her "protective bubble." Is there a problem with associating with your co-workers after hours??

Everything you are going off is coming from the Republican news station "Fox News."  I see you are more interested in half-truths and twisting stories to make your candidate look better.  Instead of mudslinging come out with truths and what Chalmers plans to do, stick to the issues at hand.  I began to raise my eyebrow and question Chalmers validity because of your attempt to drag Sims through the mud.  Your blogs are the only ones I see that support Chalmers and the main ones besides Fox that drag Sims name out.

I was and still am a huge support of Obama and beyond Change I am for success, morals & trust.  I voted for Obama cause I believed in him and his character to not disgrace his opponent but run a campaign on the issues.  Is that being done with Chalmers???  

I did not see any advertisements for Sims saying anything negative about Chalmers???  Why is that?  Principles, the same thing Obama ran on.  That is why I am now supporting Sims.

www.reelectdeborahsims.org

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liar... (0.00 / 0)
(or should i say lier?)  sorry to be blunt, but if you can't tell the truth, why should anyone believe you?  you falsely assert:

You stated "fact that Chalmers-Currin has a pulse and is on the ballot would be enough."

that is just a flat-out lie.  and anyone who reads this will know that you made that up.  i did not say that.

so you will understand why i don't believe that you really live in the south suburbs.  if you can lie about what i've said, then, obviously, you'd have no problem lying about where you live.  i looked up the blog (congratulations!) associated with your nym, and then found where you signed one of your posts.  i followed that up by looking up that name in the voter file -- but i couldn't find a single voter with that name registered to vote in matteson.  i did find 19 voters with that name in cook county, two of whom (both registered in country club hills) live in the 5th county commission district.  perhaps you have matteson and country club hills mixed up, although it is much more likely that a.) you live in chicago (13 people with that name did) or b.) you aren't a registered voter.  but since you claimed that misleading people was a "Big one for me," i'd be very interested in why you felt the need to lie here.  i can only note that you didn't make the claim to live in matteson on your blog.

if, btw, you've moved but are registered elsewhere, then you aren't legally allowed to vote for deborah sims this time around.

but you'll understand why i have to question your assertion that "Sims has brought jobs and economic development to the area."  aside from my doubt that you actually live in the south suburbs, i see absolutely no evidence that sims has brought jobs and economic development down here.  i'm betting you meant to chicago (or some other "area").  hell, sims hardly knows where we are!  you are right that the 5th includes some of the poorest areas in the county, but does deborah sims care?

again, i see no evidence of that!  in fact, severely injured people in ford heights STILL have to wait 2 hours and 45 minutes from the arrival of emergency services to getting treated -- and that hasn't changed since sims has been our commissioner.

so you will understand why i have to question your claim that you aren't a staffer for deborah sims, but some sort of volunteer.  if you would lie about what i wrote, if you would lie about being a registered voter in matteson, why wouldn't you lie about who you work for?

and i can't believe that you actually compare the president to a selfish, corrupt, greedy politician who is willing to disregard the law, make taxpayers pay for her fancy cadillac, and use government employees for personal services -- all contrary to what the president has done.  barack obama believes in transparency, deborah sims admits that she violates the law on public accountability.

if you did live down here, the fact that you say that you've never heard of a matteson village trustee while claiming to live in matteson speaks volumes to your level of civic engagement and your awareness of what is happening in your community.  sheila chalmers-currin was the ONLY independent elected to the matteson village board, a fact that sent shockwaves through matteson and the area.  and she did it the obama way, knocking on doors, connecting with voters, avoiding the patronage machinery.  iow, just the opposite of what deborah sims has done (and will do).

but the fact that you felt the need to lie about what i've written documents the extent that you will go to to attack anyone who questions their (and probably not your) county commissioner.  while i doubt that you live in the south suburbs, there is no question that i live here, that i know the political climate here, and i know the level of frustration about the poor -- or non-existent -- representation that we in the south suburbs have in county government.

but thanks for reminding me; i need to post more about the candidate forum held in flossmoor and the misrepresentations provided by the greedy, corrupt politician you so admire...

Want to drive conservatives crazy?  Send President Obama back to Washington for four more years...

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Give the man half a break (0.00 / 0)
The words he quoted were actually written. But by Randall Sherman, not by you. The fact that mutnm1 can't keep one Sims opponent separate form another doesn't make him a deliberate liar. Just a bit careless. Wish I could say I'd never been careless.

Bill Thomasson

Permission to reprint explicitly granted
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i stopped giving sims' supporters breaks... (0.00 / 0)
after about the 30th time they lied or tried to bully people who don't agree with them.  sims and her supporters are as dirty as they come; i have no reason to believe that she didn't do this intentionally.

besides, there are other elements of her comment that are fabrications, as well....

Want to drive conservatives crazy?  Send President Obama back to Washington for four more years...

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sheila chalmers currin Will never win (0.00 / 1)
Deborah sims VOTES to save hospitals while SHEILA CHALMERS CURRIN votes for PLAYTIME. Read Matteson's budget addresD by their Village manager!!!!   MATTESSON is in debt their budget deficient was created by Sheilas CHALMERS CURRIN VOTED for a new recreation center. Who made the right decision for the people.
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Can we put the attack dogs up???? (0.00 / 0)
I apologize that I quoted the wrong person, the quote that I mentioned was  from Mr. Sherman not yourself.  And I am sorry, but what have I lied about??? That quote was one of the items I rebutted,  but it just wasn't for you, that doesn't take away what I feel about it.

Also I did not say I was a stroger supporter.  Did I?  That is something you assumed.  I stated that I researched the candidates and noticed that Sheila's supporters (yourself) did not stick to the issues or talk about what her platform was.  Instead you choose to attack Sims' which calls question to your integrity & looks as if you are attempting  to divert from what is truly at hand....If she is a candidate for Change, how does she plan to truly do that.  I did not see that on her page nor in any of the write-ups I have seen.

I am a resident for your information, and just because you see a alis on the internet does not mean that is my name.  

Also continue to state that I have lied and I am still wondering what I have lied about.  That quote was made just not by borednow, but by Randell.  

Also just so that you know, I do not work nor had an opportunity volunteer for Sims.  But I love how you had stated that

after about the 30th time they lied or tried to bully people who don't agree with them.  sims and her supporters are as dirty as they come; i have no reason to believe that she didn't do this intentionally.

I have not tried to bully you, blogged and I commented.  I did not try to force you to vote for Sims.  I would never do that, What I did was state how I felt about you have written and what I have seen & read.  So really who is the bully here??? I have not attacked you in any way but instead of a healthy debate you jump on me like a attack dog calling me liar, bully & dirty.  Is this what you call Change???    Its seems to me like the same old "politricks".......

As I said before thank you for helping me to choose who I should vote for.

you lied about the chicago tribune endorsement... (0.00 / 0)
didn't you?

you've lied about your name -- signing your posts tiffany n moore, but now claiming that is a nym?

you lied about the endorsements of lorita durbin and robin kelly, and the fact that you even knew that those names (at least robin's) appeared on chalmers-currin's site demonstrates inside knowledge.

you also lied about why they were taken down.  that little piece of information also suggests that you've lied in your very last sentence.  you're mind was already made up.

you lied about why chalmers-currin voted against raising taxes.  

i could go on, but i have easily established that you are a troll.  given all the attention deborah sims and her crew are giving me right now, i'm not the least bit surprised that you've showed up.  but don't try to convince me that you are some innocent supporter who can't understand why the media is criticizing sims' illegal activities or corruption.  you aren't credible.  hell, you aren't even political, looking at your blog.  you don't believe in change, you believe in being bought by the highest bidder.

so i can understand why you are so opposed to sheila chalmers-currin, because she will work diligently to clean up that kind of crap...

Want to drive conservatives crazy?  Send President Obama back to Washington for four more years...

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Just a FYI (0.00 / 0)
I am a resident of Matteson for your information, I am glad you did your checks and all. But I am not a lier.  I have only commented on what I have seen, I have not fabricated the truth and I have not twisted any stories.  I believe you think you may know me but you do not.  By your comments and how you are attacking me,  I now know who put the bag of garbage & lies on my aunts door knob in the city.  We didn't get that same "care package" in Matteson, I wonder why that is?  
i don't really care who you are... (0.00 / 0)
but i do know that you are a liar.  straight up, flat-out liar.

you've signed a blog post as tiffany n moore, which is the name i diligently looked up in the voter file to verify your story that you were a registered voter in matteson.  alas, there is no registered voter in matteson by that name.

otoh, you've made it clear from your facebook profile that, while you come from matteson, you LIVE in "south chicago:"

Current City: South Chicago, IL
Hometown: Matteson, Chicago, IL

near as i can tell, there isn't a single thing you've said that is even close to the truth.  you personify the word liar.  look, i have no doubt that you are being used, and you don't really understand what you've gotten into, but let's be honest about this.  you lied.  maybe you didn't mean to, but you lied.  i call out my kid for doing this, and if you had children, i'd hope that you'd call out your kid(s) for lying, too.  i wouldn't be surprised if the "devil made you do it," but let's not try to minimize all the stuff you falsified because you don't want someone to notice that you lied.

you aren't the first person that deborah sims has sent against me, and not even close to the first person she's sent out to slander chalmers-currin, but you do seem the least prepared.  i hope that you got whatever it is she promised you already...

Want to drive conservatives crazy?  Send President Obama back to Washington for four more years...

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i should add... (0.00 / 0)
if you are the tiffany n moore who is (the only one) registered under that name, you aren't even registered in the 5th county commission district.  you're in the 3rd.  just sayin...

Want to drive conservatives crazy?  Send President Obama back to Washington for four more years...
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Applaud.. (0.00 / 0)
Obviously you have your mind made up about me and that is fine.  As I stated before I was looking for healthy debate but what I have received was childish tactics.  I asked about why I should vote for Sheila, but what I received were attacks on my character, those who know me know the level of integrity that I have, so your attacks and accusations on who I am are laughable.  

Since you did read my blog you would see that they contain my random thoughts and ideas.  So it is not a political blog, I never stated that.  Also if you see when the blog about Sheila was written you would also know that the Tribune online did not have her as an endorsed candidate.  They do know but when it was written, that was not the case, but it was posted on her website.  Does that make me a lier? No it does not, but it does make the Tribune late in updating their website.

Also if something is posted on the site and removed, how is that inside knowledge?? Is it not a public site?  Wouldn't that mean I work or worked for Chalmers to be inside to know that?  Also I did not say why they were taken down.

Also I did not say how she voted for the Matteson tax increase, I didn't because I did not know.  I don't comment on things I don't know, only what I do.  That would make me a lier and that is something that I am not.

But back to your candidate, once again what is her platform?  What does she plan on changing, doing?? Instead of attacking little me?  How about focus on the real issue or issues......  I am not running for office borednow.

if you wanted a healthy debate, then don't lie... (0.00 / 0)
i don't know anyone who likes being lied to.

it's kind of bizarre that you would accuse anyone of childish tactics, given the fact that you lied to us (or tried to) about chalmers-currin's endorsements, about who you were and where you live.  and i completely understand that you believe that you have a right to lie to us because it is in support of some selfish -- and childess -- politician that you support.

you set this tone by accusing chalmers-currin of lying about her endorsements.  you wrote on Monday, January 18, 2010:

Lied about endorsements (Big one for me)

except that this was untrue.  here's the relevant citation (from SUNDAY, January 17, 2010, or a full day before you wrote that):

It's time to fix Cook County.

[...]

But, voters need to do more: A reform president will need an impregnable majority of the County Board, whose 17 seats all are up for election this year. In the many overwhelmingly Dem or GOP districts, the Feb. 2 primary offers you a must-grasp chance to all but guarantee the triumph of reformers in the Nov. 2 general election.

That means now driving off the board its most obstructionist incumbents.

And, please, spread the word to your Friends and Family: This primary is all about whether fed-up voters actually ... vote. Stroger & Co. will make sure all of their Friends and Family turn out to keep Cook County firmly stuck in the 19th century. Their do-little jobs, fat contracts and platinum-plated county pensions depend on it.

Here's the delectable part: Tipping only a few of these seats from old-guard protectors of the status quo to reformers would finally empower the reinvention of Cook County

[...]

5th District (South Side, south suburbs): The people of this economically challenged district deserve far better leadership than they get from board member Deborah Sims, who in 2009 co-sponsored a sales tax rollback -- but then voted to keep the tax intact. The Tribune heartily endorses  Sheila Chalmers-Currin, a Matteson trustee with a long list of civic achievements and a pro-growth agenda.

Her votes on the board might undo some of the damage that Sims' anti-jobs support for tax hikes have inflicted on her constituents. Chalmers-Currin's business background also has her eager to halt county contracting practices that aid political insiders at taxpayers' expense.

to justify your ignorance of the fact that the tribune had endorsed chalmers-currin (and rightly posted that fact on her site), you claimed:

As I have conducted my research I also see that she is beginning her campaign on untruths. On her site it states that she is " Endorsed by Chicago Tribune," When you view the Tribune site for their endorsements her name is not highlighted. Their site states "The Tribune editorial board has not yet endorsed a Democratic party candidate for Cook County Board 5th District."

yet we i clicked that linked (the morning after you wrote it), i found this:

not exactly what you claimed.  so the chicago tribune endorses chalmers-currin on sunday, she posts that fact immediately, but on monday, you accuse her of lying about it?  in part, because you didn't really do your due diligence.

your mind was already made up, and you weren't looking for a healthy debate, you were attempting to slander sheila chalmers-currin.  just like deborah sims.

had you not tried to lie about chalmers-currin (and mislead people about what was behind the link you posted), i'd have never had ocassion to question whether you lived in the 5th county commission district.  kind of the first thing one does when someone like you's opinions of the incumbent and the challenger are so diametrically opposed to what you would hear if one actually lives in the district (like i do).  hey, i have lots of opinions about chicago (where you live), but you don't see me pretending to live there.  it would sound inauthentic.  which is basically how your post sounded to me.

it is so funny that you are so wedded to your lie:

Also if you see when the blog about Sheila was written you would also know that the Tribune online did not have her as an endorsed candidate.  They do know but when it was written, that was not the case, but it was posted on her website.

my advice to you would be, if you're going to lie about something like that, at least try to do so BEFORE the tribune publishes their endorsements.  you weren't even trying to cover up the fact that you were lying about this.  when i clicked your link, i saw the endorsement.  funny, eh?

anyone reading your comment or diary should have been aware that you were merely repeating the stroger-sims company line.  you just mucked it all up, because you couldn't tell the truth.  and, apparently, you still can't.  i guess that makes you the Lier's with half-truths.

here's a hint: if you don't want to deal with people checking your links, and attempting to verify what you write, then don't write 'lies with half-truths.'  just sayin...

Want to drive conservatives crazy?  Send President Obama back to Washington for four more years...

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"just saying" (0.00 / 0)
if I were sent to attack you, don't cha think I would. I have in no way attacked you or her, but you have attacked me as much as you possibly can via the internet.  I am not after you or Mrs. Chalmers.  As I stated before I was looking at a healthy debate but you have attempted to take it in a very negative direction.  I could have tried to research you, but for what??? You are not running and you are not that important to me, just like I should not be to you.
i never said you... (0.00 / 0)
"were sent to attack" me.  you clearly misunderstood.

you did, in fact, attack sheila chalmers-currin, accusing her on being a Lier's with half-truths.  i "researched" you only because your comments were so clearly not from someone who lived in matteson (which you claimed).  you didn't sound authentic.  which proved to be the case.

i have no problems with healthy political debate -- in fact, far more so than deborah sims can tolerate! -- but there doesn't seem much point it debating someone who makes stuff up and then can't admit that she did so.  i can't even imagine how one debates someone like that.  since you won't recognize truth, what is there left to debate?

i can only point out your fabrications, which i have attempted to do...

Want to drive conservatives crazy?  Send President Obama back to Washington for four more years...

[ Parent ]
This has devolved to "Neener-Neener". (0.00 / 0)
Maybe it's time to move it off a blog and to the ballot box.
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