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2011 City of Chicago Candidate Questionnaire PART 2: Chart of Responses from Candidates Visit Aidschicago.Org/Candidate for Candidate Statements and More 2011 City of Chicago Candidate Questionnaire PART 2: Chart of responses from candidates Visit aidschicago.org/candidate for candidate statements and more. 2011 Candidate Responses Y= Yes, N= No, ?= Don't Know, * see written response Questions HIV prevention funding fundingIncreased clinics for STD fundingIncreased for Needle Exchanges and screening STD/HIV treatment in Chicago Public Schools andCampaign for male female condoms Media campaign to combat homophobia Workplace trans cultural competency training Funding Health of LGBT for the Office Funding for the Chicago Black CaucusGayMen's Housing for people with HIV & restore funding Office Name (Incumbant in Italics) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Carol Moseley Braun* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Gery Chico* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y ? Rahm Emanuel* Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Mayor Miguel Del Valle* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Patricia Van Pelt Watkins* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y William Walls III* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Patricia Horton Goran Davidovac Mersaydes L Young Clerk Frank L Coconate Arthur 'Art' Andros Sandi Jackson Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Susana A Mendoza Stephanie D Neely Treasurer Elida M Cruz Joe Moreno Ward 1 Ronald Baltierra Deborah Lopez* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Robert Fioretti Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Federico Sciammarella Genita Robinson Ward 2 James A. Bosco* ? Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Melissa Callahan Enrique G. Perez Pat Dowell Ward 3 Ebony Tillman February 2, 2011 2011 City of Chicago Candidate Questionnaire PART 2: Chart of responses from candidates Visit aidschicago.org/candidate for candidate statements and more. 2011 Candidate Responses Y= Yes, N= No, ?= Don't Know, * see written response Questions HIV prevention funding fundingIncreased clinics for STD fundingIncreased for Needle Exchanges and screening STD/HIV treatment in Chicago Public Schools andCampaign for male female condoms Media campaign to combat homophobia Workplace trans cultural competency training Funding Health of LGBT for the Office Funding for the Chicago Black CaucusGayMen's Housing for people with HIV & restore funding Office Name (Incumbant in Italics) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Will Burns Norman Bolden George Rumsey* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Mayor Ward 4 Brian Scott Y Y Y ? Y N ? Y Y ? James E. Williams Adam L Miguest Lori S. Yokoyama Leslie Hairston Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Anne Marie Miles Ward 5 Michele A Tankersley* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Glenn Ross Carol Hightower Chalmers Freddrenna Lyle Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Roderick Sawyer Brian Sleet Ward 6 Cassandra Goodrum-Burton* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Richard A. Wooten Sekum Walker Sandi Jackson Darcel Beavers Y Y Y ? Y Y Y Y Y Y Greg Mitchell Ward 7 Sidney H. Brooks Lionell Martin Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Deborah Washington Michelle Harris Faheem Shabazz* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Ward 8 Bertha F. Starks James L. Daniels Anthony Beale Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Ward 9 2 2011 City of Chicago Candidate Questionnaire PART 2: Chart of responses from candidates Visit aidschicago.org/candidate for candidate statements and more. 2011 Candidate Responses Y= Yes, N= No, ?= Don't Know, * see written response Questions HIV prevention funding fundingIncreased clinics for STD fundingIncreased for Needle Exchanges and screening STD/HIV treatment in Chicago Public Schools andCampaign for male female condoms Media campaign to combat homophobia Workplace trans cultural competency training Funding Health of LGBT for the Office Funding for the Chicago Black CaucusGayMen's Housing for people with HIV & restore funding Office Name (Incumbant in Italics) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Harold Ward Ward 9 Eddie M. Reed Sandra J. Walters Mayor John Pope Richard L. Martinez, Jr. Ward 10 Joseph A. Nasella Jose R. Leon James Balcer Ward 11 John K. Kozlar Carl Segvich George A. Cardenas Jesus Iniguez Alberto Bocanegra* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Ward 12 Jose Guereca Maria E. Ortiz Jose Rodriguez Ward 13 Marty Quinn Ward 14 Ed Burke Toni Foulkes Y Y ? Y Y Y Y Y Y ? Syron Smith Raymond Lopez* N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y ? Ward 15 Sammy Clifford Pack, Jr. Sandra Mallory Harold L Bailey Felicia H. Simmons-Stovall JoAnn Thompson Eric Hermosillo Tameka Gavin Hal E. Baskin Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Ward 16 3 2011 City of Chicago Candidate Questionnaire PART 2: Chart of responses from candidates Visit aidschicago.org/candidate for candidate statements and more. 2011 Candidate Responses Y= Yes, N= No, ?= Don't Know, * see written response Questions HIV prevention funding fundingIncreased clinics for STD fundingIncreased for Needle Exchanges and screening STD/HIV treatment in Chicago Public Schools andCampaign for male female condoms Media campaign to combat homophobia Workplace trans cultural competency training Funding Health of LGBT for the Office Funding for the Chicago Black CaucusGayMen's Housing for people with HIV & restore funding Office Name (Incumbant in Italics) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Ward 16 Eddie Johnson Javier Davier Diaz Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Jonathan Stamps Mayor Jeffrey L. Lewis Ronald Mitchell Latasha Thomas Antoine Members Ronald Carter David Moore Ward 17 Michael Evan Daniels Virgil S. Means Twaundella Taylor Paulette Coleman Lona Lane Michael Davis Ward 18 Joseph Ziegler Chuks Onyezia Manny Roman Anne Schaible Matt O’Shea Ward 19 Phil Sherlock Ray Coronado Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y George G. Newell Willie Cochran Che "Rhymefest" Smith Ward 20 George Davis Rev. Andre Smith Sidney Shelton Howard Brookins Jr. Ward 21 4 2011 City of Chicago Candidate Questionnaire PART 2: Chart of responses from candidates Visit aidschicago.org/candidate for candidate statements and more. 2011 Candidate Responses Y= Yes, N= No, ?= Don't Know, * see written response Questions HIV prevention funding fundingIncreased clinics for STD fundingIncreased for Needle Exchanges and screening STD/HIV treatment in Chicago Public Schools andCampaign for male female condoms Media campaign to combat homophobia Workplace trans cultural competency training Funding Health of LGBT for the Office Funding for the Chicago Black CaucusGayMen's Housing for people with HIV & restore funding Office Name (Incumbant in Italics) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Sylvia Jones Ward 21 Sheldon Sherman Patricia Foster Mayor Jerome Maddox Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Ricardo Munoz Ward 22 Neftale Gonzalez Michael R. Zalewski Ward 23 Anna Goral Charles Maida Sharon Denise Dixon Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Valerie F. Leonard Jimmy Lee Lard Vetress Boyce Donielle Lawson Chauncey L. Stroud Julius Anderson Wallace "Mickey" Johnson Sondra "Sam" Spellman Ward 24 ShaVonda Fields Wilbert Cook Melissa Williams Michael Chandler Regina D. Lewis Jeffery D. Turner Martavius Carter Larry G. Nelson Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Frank M. Bass Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Daniel Solis Ward 25 Cuahutemoc Morfin* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 2011 City of Chicago Candidate Questionnaire PART 2: Chart of responses from candidates Visit aidschicago.org/candidate for candidate statements and more. 2011 Candidate Responses Y= Yes, N= No, ?= Don't Know, * see written response Questions HIV prevention funding fundingIncreased clinics for STD fundingIncreased for Needle Exchanges and screening STD/HIV treatment in Chicago Public Schools andCampaign for male female condoms Media campaign to combat homophobia Workplace trans cultural competency training Funding Health of LGBT for the Office Funding for the Chicago Black CaucusGayMen's Housing for people with HIV & restore funding WardOffice 25 Name (Incumbant in Italics) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Ambrosio Medrano, Jr. Roberto Maldonado Ward 26 Mayor Devon Reid Walter Burnett, Jr. Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Ward 27 Tom Courtney Genova Fassett William Siegmund Carmelita P. Earls Ward 28 Jason C. Ervin* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Michael A. Stinson Deborah Graham Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Thomas Simmons Jill Bush Beverly Rogers Ward 29 Mary Russell Gardner CB Johnson Roman Marrow Oddis Johnson Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Ariel E. Reboyras* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Stella Nicpon Ward 30 Doug Cannon Chester R. Hornowski Ward 31 Ray Suarez Scott Waguespack* Y Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y Brian Gorman Ward 32 David Pavlik* Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Bryan P. Lynch Ward 33 Richard Mell Carrie Austin Ward 34 6 2011 City of Chicago Candidate Questionnaire PART 2: Chart of responses from candidates Visit aidschicago.org/candidate for candidate statements and more. 2011 Candidate Responses Y= Yes, N= No, ?= Don't Know, * see written response Questions HIV prevention funding fundingIncreased clinics for STD fundingIncreased for Needle Exchanges and screening STD/HIV treatment in Chicago Public Schools andCampaign for male female condoms Media campaign to combat homophobia Workplace trans cultural competency training Funding Health of LGBT for the Office Funding for the Chicago Black CaucusGayMen's Housing for people with HIV & restore funding Office Name (Incumbant in Italics) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Burl L.
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