tillman - Blogs - TheBlackList Pub2024-03-28T23:01:45Zhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/tillmanChicago Tribune says Tillman"...would be African-Americans' voice in the majority party in the U.S. House."https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/chicago-tribune-says-tillman-would-be-african-americans-voice-in2014-10-26T22:56:03.000Z2014-10-26T22:56:03.000ZGlo Shannonhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/GloShannon<div><p><br /><strong>Chicago Tribune say candidate Jimmy Lee Tillman, II "aligns with the GOP as the party that ended slavery and desegregated public schools." and "...would be African-Americans' voice in the majority in the US House"</strong></p><p><span><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828568936,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="150" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828568936,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-left" alt="3828568936?profile=original" /></a></span></p><p><span>Chicago Tribune 2014 endorsements</span></p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828568936,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><br /></a>Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush, who has been in office since 1993, isn't much of a presence in the district or on Capitol Hill. He took a leave of absence to deal with his wife's illness, no doubt a big reason he missed more than a third of votes in 2013. But he's had one of the worst missed-vote records in Congress for several years. Constituents complain that his office doesn't return phone calls; local mayors say they field those pleas for help instead. It has been 14 years since an energetic up-and-comer — Barack Obama — tried and failed to beat Rush. There are plenty of other up-and-comers, but they're waiting for Rush to abdicate the throne. It's time.</p><p>Rush's Republican opponent in the 1st District, Jimmy Lee Tillman of Chicago, has Democratic genes. He's the son of former Ald. Dorothy Tillman. But he says he aligns with the GOP as the party that ended slavery and desegregated public schools. He says he would be African-Americans' voice in the majority party in the U.S. House...</p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828568973,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><span class="font-size-3"><span>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-congress-endorse-edit-1015-20141014-story.html</span><br /></span><br /></a></p></div>OPEN LETTER TO Laura Washington of Sun-Time re: Black Agendahttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/open-letter-to-laura-washington-of-sun-time-re-black-agenda2014-10-22T17:03:00.000Z2014-10-22T17:03:00.000ZJimmy Lee Tillman, IIhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/JimmyLeeTillmanII<div><div>OPEN LETTER TO LAURA WASHINGTON REGARDING A BLACK AGENDA</div><p><span>Dear Ms. Washington:</span></p><div>This is in response to your article written in <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/30121691-452/no-black-agenda-on-election-table.html#.VCr3OfldWVM" target="_blank">September 29, 2014 edition of the Sun-Times.</a> My name is Jimmy Lee Tillman, II and I am an independent republican candidate for the US House of Representatives 1st Congressional District with a strong African-American agenda. I have not received much media attention from the mainstream or Black press. </div><div>I have counted on the many voices in the grass root community to talk about my campaign. Some of them are afraid to speak out because of a fear of saying the "R" word. To those who remember, it was the Republican Party that enacted laws that freed the slaves and legislation that allowed us to have civil rights in this country. </div><div>It is important that our community has a voice in the Majority party to make certain that issues relating to us are addressed while President Barak Obama is still in office. Some of these issue are table ready and can be enacted immediately like the <b>Stop Militarization of Law Enforcement Act, HR 40, HR 93,</b>and <b>the re-authorization of 1965 Voting Rights Act.</b></div><div><b> </b></div><div>Other issue that I will bring to Capitol Hill includes a<b> Universal Police Code of Conduct</b>, <b>end the mandatory minimum sentencing requirement</b>, <b>reform of the immigration policy as it relates to Haiti, increase federal grant funding to HBCU's, support clemency for low level non violent drug offenders </b>; and<b> remove barriers that prevent non- violent felons from re-uniting with families, receiving Pell Grants or access to public housing.</b></div><div>African Americans in Illinois do have a choice of candidate with an announced Black agenda in the November election. I am not ashamed to be Black or advocate for Blacks. That is how I was raised. I am not ashamed to be a Black republican because I am in the company of Rev. Fredrick Douglass. WEB DuBois, Monroe Trotter, Martin Delaney, Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr., Oscar DePriest, and Edward Brooks.</div></div>