Earlean Collins

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Earlean Collins
Earlean Collins, circa 1981.jpg
official portrait, circa 1981
Member of the
Cook County Board of Commissioners
from the 1st district
In office
December 1998 (1998-12) –December 2014 (2014-12)

Collins was elected to the 1st district of the Cook County Board of Commissioners in 1998, and was reelected in 2002, 2006, and 2010. She did not seek reelection in 2014.

As a Cook County Commissioner, Collins is Chairperson of the Business and Economic Development, Public Health, and Family Court and Juvenile Detention Center Committees. Additionally, Collins is a member of nine committees: Construction, Litigation, Tax Delinquency, Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations, Rules, Health and Hospitals, Finance, Zoning and Building, and Roads and Bridges.

Her top issues are improving conditions for the mentally ill in Cook County Jail and improving community-based mental health treatment. She also wants to increase affordable housing in the county and to train people to repair houses.

As Cook County Board Commissioner, Collins voted to uphold a historic 2008 Cook County sales tax increase, remaining the highest in the nation. As a result, the Chicago Tribune has encouraged voters to vote against her in the 2010 elections.

References

  1. 1 2 "The Honorable Earlean Collins". TheHistoryMakers. TheHistoryMakers. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ "The Honorable Earlean Collins - The History Makers". www.thehistorymakers.org. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  3. ↑ 'Illinois Blue Book 1993-1994,' Biographical Sketch of Earlean Collins, pg. 69
  4. ↑ "Cook County Commissioner District 1 Municipalities" (PDF). Office of the Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  5. ↑ "Map of the Montclare Community Area". Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  6. ↑ "Map of the West Garfield Park Community Area". Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  7. ↑ "Map of the Austin Community Area". Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  8. ↑ "Map of the Humboldt Park Community Area". Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  9. ↑ The History Makers-The Honorable Earlean Collins
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Preceded by Democratic nominee for Illinois Comptroller
1994 		Succeeded by
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