The consent calendar of the Cook County Board will come to or will reconvene.

Madam Secretary Secretary.

Yes, sir.

The clerk will revisit your role.

I believe Commissioner Stamps needs to be added.

Please add when Commissioner Stamps comes in.

We'll add her to the roll call.

So we have a we do have a quorum set.

And um Commissioner and I will do the pledge.

Liberty and Justice.

Commissioner.

Up and the goose head is green.

Cook County resides on lands that have been home to indigenous people for thousands of years.

The Pottawatomi, Ojibwe, Ottawa, and dozens of nations were the custodians and caretakers of this land for centuries before European colonization.

Truth and acknowledgement are critical to building understanding and mutual respect across all cultures, traditions, and heritages.

By reading the statement, Cook County recognizes the past wrongdoings as well as present harm upon people, tribal lands, and governments.

We honor the indigenous people, past and present, and pause to remember the acts of violence, displacement, colonization, and removal of the original inhabitants of this land.

With this land acknowledgement, Cook County commits to learning more about and doing better to support the county's native and indigenous residents as we work towards equity for all of Cook County.

We'll continue on with we'll continue with uh public speakers and the Secretary Well Brian.

Thank you, sir.

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If you are in the room, please come to the public speaking mic.

Sarah Brown's still here.

Diane Brown.

Brenda Solozana, Solazana.

Come to the mic.

Liz Manella.

Liz, are you here?

Bona Hansalone.

Are you still connected, Bona?

All right, you may begin.

Good afternoon.

My name is Brenda Solorsano, and I serve as the manager of policy and advocacy at Family Focus.

I'm joined today by my colleague Heidi Pearson, Director of Marketing and Communications at Family Focus, and I'm honored to speak in support of resolution 260867 commemorating World Doula Day and Doula Week in Cook County.

Thank you again, Commissioner Miller, for your efforts related to improving maternal health outcomes in Cook County, including spearheading the first Doula program at Cook County Health.

This recognition is an important step toward acknowledging the central role dualists play in maternal care.

Is there still more people from their presence helps ensure that mothers and birthing people are heard, respected, and treated with dignity during one of the most critical moments and likely most physically traumatic moments of their lives.

Just as we celebrate new lives being born every day, family focus supports the celebration of doulas who help bring new life into the world while keeping mothers safe.

At Family Focus, we see the impact of this work every day.

Our programming includes community doula training, wellness navigation, and integrated family support services that walk alongside families throughout pregnancy and early childhood.

With the support of public investment and community partnerships, we have expanded this work to serve hundreds of families across Chicago, Cook County, and surrounding areas.

One minute.

National research indicates a higher risk of birth complications for black and brown parents.

And does do an incredible job advocating to ensure families receive coordinated and compassionate care.

Our progress as a society depends on sustained support for mothers, their babies, and doulas.

Thank you, Cook County leaders, for continuing to prioritize maternal health outcomes and advocacy and for honoring the doors that uplift our families.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Bona, are you connected?

Is Liz in the room?

Liz Manella?

No, Bona, you're next.

Wonderful.

Thank you so much.

My name's Bono Hainson, and I'm with the Cook County Farm Bureau.

And I just wanted to pop on today to speak in support of resolution 260952, which recognizes National Agriculture Day.

Um, at the Cook County Farm Bureau, we are looking forward to forming a partnership and a greater relationship with Cook County in support of local food access and providing local food to local families.

This resolution recognizes agriculture and our communities as well as celebrate the opportunity to provide those foods.

So we just thank you for this, and we look forward to the future and making agriculture strong in Cook County.

Thank you for your testimony.

Walk-in registrations, Dennis White, Dr.

Sandy Norman, Taiwan Sims.

If you can please come to the mic.

Dennis White, followed by Sandy Norman, and then Taiwan Sims.

I see tense commissioners now in these seats here.

Two over here talking.

And the president is not here.

They're not here.

Tony Prepplinko is not here.

She just left.

Just disappear.

This is how the Democrats are.

They be here with not important.

For them, but they hear nine for everybody else.

That's just like it's amazing how politics work within the dumbest Democratic Party.

I meant that's why I meant to say Democrat.

I apologize if I say Democrats, but I meant Democrats.

So I want to address something about yesterday when some black commissioners say that ICE over here terrorizing this country, but they don't say the victim of what happened, like this young lady out in Prince George, Maryland, named Dakara Thompson, who was brutally uh attacked by an illegal alien.

But one said that calling them illegal alien is dehumanizing.

But what about when they kill an American citizens?

When is that how much human humanity they have for that?

What about Lake and Riley?

She was killed while jogging down there in Georgia.

But when an ICE agent kill an illegal alien, they over here saying it's inhumane.

They should not slaughter them.

This one here say that.

And you all have the gall, the audacity to protect these criminals, these monsters.

Like they're your pits.

And I'm over here as a veteran, a black veteran, a breed of my own over here protect this flag because you all went to college, you got your degrees, and now y'all in these seats.

But you protect these animals right here.

Thirty seconds.

But I want y'all, I'm gonna challenge y'all.

Let them sleep in the beds y'all lay in.

See about that.

Black politician.

How about that?

Why don't y'all let them sleep with y'all at?

Let them eat in y'all food.

Don't take the tax dollars out of our pocket to feed them.

You pay it out y'all's budget.

That's what you all should be doing.

You all sickening me as politicians.

Your time has expired, next speaker.

Sandy Norman.

Blessings to everyone.

Honor to you, Commissioner Daly, and all of uh the commissioners that are here and all of our uh respectable organizations.

I am um pastor or Dr.

Sandy A.

Norman, and I keep showing up here because I do violence intervention.

The same way I show up here, I show up in the street.

The same way I show up here, I'm coming on this side, the county side, and I come on City Hall side.

And a lot of times when I come, I'm here a lot of times more than the people that work here.

So that should show you my seriousness about what I do.

I have children as I sit in the seat.

I had a young man calling me, asking me, Pastor Sandy.

I'm hungry, I'm at school, I don't have food to eat.

And so when we talk about, you know, funding uh CBI, I really want you guys to have a different perspective because CB CBI is not just uh programs that are in the building.

People like me, I walk blocks, I stand out on corners, I get guns off the street.

I'm out there with uh the people that you know we get this funding for when we talk about mental health uh services.

When you're a person that have had to go through trauma, young uh adults in our communities that suffer with uh post-traumatic, you know, stress, these are things that I deal with firsthand.

And I want to say to you all there are a lot of organizations, please hear me clearly, that are doing the work, but we don't get the support, we don't get funding, and it's always the same somehow group of people that always get all the money.

And so I'm asking you all, because this is a room of power.

This is a room of decision makers where you all have the ability to change things concerning our communities.

I keep reiterating, I I work, I'm a mother, I'm a person that paid taxes, and I don't want to just come down here and have my words, you know, not heard.

But those of you that are here as our commissioners, I am here.

I see meetings all the time, pastors get recognitions, and I'm all for that because I like people to be celebrated.

But I'm in the room.

I'm in in your faces.

If you have the power over CVI, if you have the resources, I'm asking you all don't just sit in the chair and allow people to come in here and you ignore the people, but hear what we're saying.

If you have the power to help a person to get a building, to help a person to get funding, and they're showing up.

Take that into consideration.

I don't want people to tell me, oh, I'm gonna help you, I'm gonna call you, and I never hear from you.

And so I just want to say to those of you that are here, this is a job for you all, but your decisions affect the people that are in the community.

We have to live with the decisions that you make.

And so again, I say this uh respectively to all of our commissioners.

Um I say it respectively, the power that you have been given.

Please do what is right by the people.

And I want to thank you, uh, commissioner, for taking the time out to talk to me.

I don't want to just come and address issues, but when you have commissioners that do acknowledge people, I think that that is noteworthy.

So thank you, sir.

Next speaker, Tywan Sims, followed by Jackie Sample.

Arlena Cryley, are you still here?

Eileena Greile.

Thank you.

Jackie Sample, are you here?

Jackie Sample.

Taiwan, go ahead.

Um good afternoon, commissioners.

Is this on?

Mike on.

It mic is on.

Okay, awesome.

Um so once again, I'm here.

A few months ago, I bought a packet and gave it to Lamont Williams over there.

I was hoping that the president would be here, but I'm gonna address you daily.

Thank you.

So once again, this sir is a police report that was filed March 22nd, 2023, when I had an incident when I was attacked by Alberta Reed, the mother of my child.

Me and my child was attacked.

This has not been honored.

Do I want to arrest it or locked up after three years?

No.

However, this was a deprivation of rights.

This turned into this.

So after that, the next day I went, March 23rd, 2023, to file for independent order protection, which was denied, which with it which has not been observed.

It went through 50 West Washington from 55 West Harrison.

Well I seen two judges, Norwinski and another.

Not sure.

I'm just I'm gonna really try to get through all of this.

This is a parental allocation from 50 West Washington where I started for parental rights with my child.

This was also in 2023.

This incident is from 2023, sir, and I'm to go to court on 319, 2026.

Not only do they want me to go to court, however, they would also like me to be clinically evaluated for competency.

I've collected this paperwork for three years in hopes that once anyone seen the evidence, once anyone seen that what is taking place with me is wrong and illegal, then I will be helped.

I was hoping that by coming down to the commissioners, that would be the case.

No.

Not only that, let's think of let's let's talk about a pattern of abuse.

After all of that, I'm still now dealing with the case of these two arrests.

Case number 25120, 458, 301, and case 25120869-201.

This is a docket slip, sir, and it shows that on 530 the case was SOL.

However, in this docket slip, you see at 620, it'll show that it says that motion filed, filing party defendant, Taiwan Sims, motion to reinstate.

Reinstating this case means that I want to prosecute myself.

However, when I was wrongfully arrested on June 3rd, on this paperwork right here, there's a there's a date of 620, 2000, 2025.

It was a court date, supposedly.

The same date that this fraudulent motion was put in against me to prosecute myself to keep myself away from my child, or to charge myself criminally.

What sense does that make?

I'm sitting in a room full of intelligent people, a think tank of intelligent people.

What sense does that make none?

Please take action.

Thank you.

Lisa Julin, are you still in the room?

And madam, it's the way you said that was so dismissive.

Thank you.

But I'm asking you daily.

I'm asking you asking all of you.

The rules allow you three minutes.

Your time is expired.

Lisa Julin, are you in the room?

No.

Then our following speakers are Zoe Lee, Jessica Jessica Jackson, George Blakemorne.

Zoe Lee, Jessica Jackson, George Blake Mark.

And Chairman, after that, I think we have covered all of our speakers for this meeting.

Of course, Million Dollar Tony is not going to be here.

March 17th is primaries.

Can't take that.

Can't take us.

Us going in.

So as I said earlier before, uh Brendan Riley's the only choice.

So March 17th, please make sure you vote for her, him, Brandon Riley.

No, definitely Brandon Brandon Riley.

Now, also, birth and parent.

There's no such thing as a birthing parent.

And that's another way y'all continue to scam.

It's one gender that can have babies.

That's a woman.

I know that that's kind of hard, but it's coming from an LGBTQ.

Let you know that.

So only women can have children.

So it's no such thing as a birthing parent.

So y'all can stop with that weird stuff.

Now, four governors are running for uh against Pritzter.

Because we got to get Pritzter up out of here too.

So you got Rick Heidner, Ted Dobrowski, uh Sheriff uh James Mendrix in DuPage County, but he's got so much corruption in DuPage.

I don't think that he needs to be in a uh a governor.

And then you have Darren Bailey and Aaron uh Darren Barley.

Ted Dobrowski, who's running, he's worked for Wire Points.

And um, you guys should look at his data.

You probably guys don't know about it, but uh Chicago has the second highest black poverty rate among nations' 15 biggest cities.

Um Black Chicago households have the lowest incomes among nations' 15 biggest cities.

Now, you notice how Ted Dobrowski, who's running for governor, made sure he didn't put black and brown together.

He made sure that he separated black now.

For some reason, in here, you guys can't do that.

The blacks.

So you add the brown, and then the brown gets everything off black statistics, so we have to stop that.

So I feel like the best governors candidates is Ted Dobrowski and then Rick Heitner.

So that's uh that's what I'm personally gonna say.

But Ted Dobrowski has the data, and that's what we need to get to the root of the of the of the cause, the root cause of our com our communities, but especially our 30 seconds, our education system is messed up due to the communism socialism that y'all let um CTU get from Venezuela and all these Latino communities and countries that they can't fight.

They can go fight their countries and their communism, but they're bringing it over here.

It's gonna stop.

Okay.

Thank you.

Peace.

Next speaker, please.

Please begin.

So Daly is leaving, and he got the most corrupt building named after his family in the whole city of Chicago.

And then Tony Preckwickle runs up out of here.

She didn't announce the battery and she called herself getting ready to run for board Cook County board president again.

And she's not even decent enough to listen to the public when they speak.

She's getting up out of that office.

Now, there's a big possibility that she'll get people to pay for her seat.

It's a good possibility that they'll rig the election.

It's a good possibility that they'll count dead votes.

It's a good possibility they're going to do all those things to cheat to get her back in office.

Mainly because she's extremely elderly and has been in this office for a very long time.

So she would rather sit there and probably pass away because if anybody comes behind her, they'll be able to see the corruption that she was doing all these years.

All these years, and that will land her in jail.

So therefore, the democratic machine is sitting here lying, stealing, conniving, manipulating, and everything else to keep her in that office.

Now, with that being said, for all this conversation in here today about the sheriff department, including you, Bridget Dagney.

You want to oppose something for the sheriffs, but yet and still I showed all of you all this counterfeit document from Cook County Sheriff.

And y'all won't even do nothing about it.

And it's police in this room.

It's police in this room that's hearing crimes being committed all day long.

And y'all not doing nothing about it.

You're not making no type of arrest.

And y'all hearing crimes being committed all day long.

But soon as they give the signal, you won't run over here to us.

And that's not against y'all.

You're just doing your job.

I'm just saying what I'm saying.

One minute.

That they'll play y'all like they play black people all day long.

And he got his hood and his little hat right in the back.

His hood and his role.

Him.

You want to talk about what's inhumane is inhumane to sit up here and listen to us tell you about how they stealing our property through civil proceedings, and you with the power to do something won't even do nothing about it.

That's inhumane.

Her sitting here acting like it's giving her a headache, stamps, because she had black people stand up for black people.

That's inhumane.

To sit here and watch us come in here and fight for what our ancestors got.

And you sit here 30 seconds, like you're doing something.

That's inhumane.

All of y'all are inhumane and the disrespect to your own black ancestors.

You all are disgusting.

Anybody that's stand with them, voyage and vote for them are disgusting.

And racists.

And race.

I'm crying a tear.

Because of you.

I'm sad and blue.

The call for you.

Not only you, all the black people.

Oh y'all!

I ain't fed you.

If they could come down here and act with you, what you do, go back to their communities and see that say, Well, hell, what happened to the store?

What happened to the business?

What happened to our schools and our heartfields and our banks?

Something is wrong here.

Something is evil here.

Something happened here.

I'm crying a cure inside.

You can't just lay that.

Oh still.

You got to lay it on us.

Uh and my God, we gotta trust something wrong with us.

We don't love our nephew hell.

I think no, I think and a black booyo.

Something's wrong with us.

We have fallen in love with the enemy.

And sometimes the enemy is black and just like us.

Just like us if something wrong here.

If they will get the end and come back here, look at Chicago and go to the ghetto, and they're saying, what's going on here?

What is going on here?

No, we gotta lay it on all of us.

All we all we must have did pass the baton to the young one.

I made it four years old.

It's something wrong with all of us.

We have fallen in love with our enemy.

One minute.

I'm on my way out.

I'm on my way out.

Number one.

Check out.

I'm black.

Number two, I'm old.

Number three, I'm poor.

But I am feeling some bags.

And I'm here.

Chairman.

We're done with speakers.

Yeah.

That concludes public speakers.

We'll begin with the various members who have presentations today.

And I ask if the members would choose to come.

If the members choose to come up, please come up.

And make your presentation.

And have a good day.

We'll be good.

I just want to acknowledge the 100th anniversary of the Shannon Rovers, a band that is well known throughout the city and the country.

Tradition of pipe and drum music.

And they were linked really to the Ivory Generation of Heritage and welcoming immigrants.

And as ambassadors of Chicago.

We'll be the presentations.

And I before I I also want to say uh recognize St.

Cadjutans and their and St.

Christian on their uh St.

Christianas, I should say, on their uh anniversary.

Stan, do you want to come up?

Yeah.

Mr.

Chairman, can I have yourself uh still long family?

Yes.

Oh, you please with a family please come up that the commissioner just mentioned.

I'm sorry, Commissioner, and then we'll go right through all the commissioner uh various commissioners who have it.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yes, please.

Mr.

Chairman, the Estelle J.

Long family uh are here because their mother and their loved one has passed away.

But she lived a remarkable life.

She lived to be 105 years old.

And you know, when you think of someone who lived to 105 years old, you you think of somebody who was old or elderly, she was just the opposite of that.

Uh I recently had the opportunity to spend time with her, and she told me to keep living because she loved to dance, she loved to be very active, she loved to participate.

Uh, and I was sitting here reading at 103 years old.

She actually did the flying swings at Navy Pier alongside her 11 and nine-year-old granddaughters.

She was a proud supporter of veterans and regularly participated in a Southside Veteran Parades, even riding one year on a three-wheeled slingshot at 103 years old.

Long loved music and community gatherings and could often be found dancing at events such as the Garfield Park Conservatory Festivals, the Women's Festival, the Music Box Foundation, 79th Street Renaissance Festival.

And in August of 2025, at 105 years old, she even fulfilled a special experience by walking the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

So I'm asking each of the commissioners to join me as we honor her life and honor her history at 105 years old.

Thank you so much.

Would you like to say a few words?

Our mother was an advocate for youth.

She started a food program with feeding.

We were so she was running so much food, she was uh supplying shelters and things for that.

So, with so much turmoil going on, just God bless every one of you and the work that you do, you're gonna need it.

You got difficult times, but we get through these times, so we're going to continue working for youth and advocating because that's our future, and uh she's gonna make that tangible.

I'm sure my sister This is women's history month.

My mother was a Rosie the Riveter, she riveted C-54 transport fuel tanks at the age of 24.

She worked for the city, she did 40 years at the city, starting out at the Board of Health, ended up in the Comptroller's Office as an accountant.

She was a mother, a grandmother, she was a neighborhood mom.

She did anything, she was fearless.

And even uh the last time she actually went out dancing was October 18th for her high school award dinner for Marshall High School.

She graduated Marshall High School in 1937.

She was a civil rights advocate.

She fought to have the kids go into her prom in 1937 to come through the front door at the Medina Temple written into the contract.

She was one of the parents that we we moved to Chatham.

She's one of the parents that boycotted Chicago public school system when they didn't have they had Willis wagons and they didn't have enough school rooms for all the kids.

So I stand on the shoulders of a woman who was incredibly strong.

And one of the things she said to me, she said, Why are they doing what they're doing?

Talking about what was going on in politics.

And I think the thing that she wanted us all to know, you have to keep on moving, you have to hear, do what you know is right, and then get it.

So thank you for honor my mind.

God bless you.

If anybody would like to join us for a picture, I would be a pleasure to have each of the commissioners come up.

Thank you.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Thank you for your work.

Thank you, Commissioner.

Thank you.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

Yeah, that's great.

You look so much like your father.

She looked just like her father.

She worked for your dad.

Yes, I know.

When you said 40 years, she's not a good idea.

She said they had a standing appointment.

Going to the back.

She was on fire when you went there in controller when you said the controller.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Oh no.

It's interesting to see you work.

Yeah.

Commissioner Degnan.

Do you have any presentation or acknowledgments?

Yeah, uh, whatever you want to do, Commissioner.

If you want to come up or acknowledge it, you want to come up here and Dagna.

Um I'd like to honor the women of this board and women across Cook County and women across the country for their unwavering leadership and passion, particularly those who are here and serving in public service and acknowledge the fight that it took to get here today.

As women, we have endured centuries of inequality, and although we've made incredible gains since women were first granted the right to vote in the United States in 1920, sex sexism, misogyny, and racism have continued.

While we celebrate the women's suffrage movement, we also must acknowledge that it was marked by white supremacy and ignored the intersectionality and compounding oppressions faced by women of color.

I want to acknowledge my privilege as a white woman and emphasize and uplift the work of women of color who have fought for the same rights for decades.

The women of this board are diverse, courageous, resilient, highly accomplished, and so much more.

Women are underrepresented at every level of government and in leadership positions across the private sector.

The gender wage gap is as prevalent as ever.

And women have to fight in their workplaces every single day to be treated as equals.

Despite the historic progress of women in America, we are treated as second-class citizens in many spaces.

In 2025, there are millions of people in this country who believe a woman and should not be president of the United States or hold high public offices.

But women continue to make remarkable strides to shatter class ceilings and lead with independence and scoff at people to tell us what we can and cannot do.

I want to thank this women of this board for being friends, my friends, and leaders, and that in the face of opposition, representing in Cook County with grace, with humor and civility is something that we can all take pride in.

For the first time in history, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has a woman majority.

And I have never been so honored and pleased to acknowledge that.

So thank you to all of the partners here and all the men that help and support us all the time and every day.

And um to end on a happy note, the the women on this board are clever.

We are funny, we are smart, and together we can do anything.

So thank you.

Well, they I think with this resolution, I think you should be here.

And I'll step down.

I would suggest regardless.

Stand in on our own two feet.

And ringing all they're all there.

You said a question.

Of course, I know.

Okay.

Oh, well, I didn't realize we still have people waiting.

Um, and I have a still.

Commissioner Basket.

Great.

I would like to welcome uh speaking of women's history month, the fearless woman, the makeup Centro San Bonifacio.

So if you do not know, Centro San Bonifacio has been doing the work on the Northwest side and across Cook County since 1991.

Um and I I feel truly honored that we are here not only with the executive director but also the founder of Centro San Bonifacio.

Round of applause for her, please.

Centro San Bonifacio provides services across the Northwest side and they have a promotor as the salute component as well, which is able to provide access to health care services, letting our community know that they too can enroll.

Um and I am so proud to be here with them.

I get to brag that they are my district, but believe me, they help all of you too.

And if you don't if you would permit me a moment, I would like to ask if you all would like to say something.

So hi everyone.

First of all, I want to thank you, Commissioner Jessica Vasquez for this award.

It is an honor to me to receive to receive it on behalf of my colleagues at Centro San Bonifacio.

This award represents the effort and the struggle that Centro San Bonifacio has carried out for 35 years.

Thank you for recognizing the work of Latino migrant families who dream of of a better life or for themselves and their loved ones.

Today we are here celebrating what the struggle of Latino people can achieve.

A space creating for health, solidarity, a commitment to our community.

Our Latino families today have a place to find refugee, a helping hand on their standing, and above all belonging.

Because Latinos also belong here.

And you know what?

We are here to stay.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Um if anyone would like to come up, we are going to take a picture.

Thank you.

Thank you for what you do.

Communities need to be chairman.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Especially in SMEs, Commissioner Marita, did you ever want to do that?

Commissioner McCasco, did you have anyone?

Bill has to renew the motion.

Move adjournment.

Commissioner Lowry moves the approval of the entire consent.

So moved.

Second by Commissioner Britain.

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Oppose the motion carries.

Bill motion.

So move second by commissioner.

I'm sorry, Commissioner Trevor.

Okay.

Commissioner Trevor.

So move.

All those in favor signify by saying I oppose the motion carriers.

Thank you.