Deborah Sims is Commissioner

Cook County Board of Commissioners

The Cook County Board of Commissioners is a legislative body made up of 17 commissioners who are elected by district for four year terms. Cook County, which includes the City of Chicago, is the nation's second largest county with a population of 5.2 million residents...

 for the 5th district of Cook County

Cook County, Illinois

Cook County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, with its county seat in Chicago. It is the second most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles County. The county has 5,194,675 residents, which is 40.5 percent of all Illinois residents. Cook County's population is larger than...

, Illinois

Illinois

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, which covers most of the southwest side of Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

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Public service

Prior to her election as a commissioner, Sims worked as a Youth Intervention Worker for the City of Chicago, Department of Human Services and a Youth Service Coordinator for the Circuit County of Cook County.

Cook County Commissioner

As a commissioner, Sims is Chairperson of the Construction, Oak Forest Hospital and Tax Delinquency Committees. Additionally, she is a member of the Provident Hospital, Environmental Control, Family Court and Juvenile Detention Center, Education, Labor, Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations, Health and Hospitals, Finance, Zoning and Buildings, and Roads and Bridges.

As Cook County Board Commissioner, Sims voted to uphold a historic 2008 Cook County sales tax increase, remaining the highest in the nation. As a result the Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

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has encouraged voters to vote against her in the 2010 elections.

External links

• National Organization of Black County Officials bio