tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22555577.post2146242474706473670..comments2019-10-01T01:31:13.227-05:00Comments on Ortho Opinions: Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.DNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04258266827678438757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22555577.post-60700138151275708722008-09-14T16:48:00.000-05:002008-09-14T16:48:00.000-05:00Good work on exposing Obama for who he is.Good work on exposing Obama for who he is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22555577.post-7579047284016023782008-08-28T11:41:00.000-05:002008-08-28T11:41:00.000-05:00I thank John Bond his comments. First, I am grati...I thank John Bond his comments. First, I am gratified my little blog has come to the attention of the Obama campaign's spin machine. <BR/><BR/>Second, he has obliged me to look more closely into the ties between Dorothy Tillman and the Harold Washington Cultural Center. He is, of course, right that she herself did not head the scandal-ridden institution, rather her daughter did. Ah! Nepotism!<BR/><BR/>Finally, the fact that he chose to only address a narrow part of my entry concerning Tillman suggests there are no corrections the Obamaites can make to the rest of what is set forth the piece, or at least none that could be made without putting the Senator in an even worse light.<BR/><BR/>Something to think about that.<BR/><BR/>--DNYDNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04258266827678438757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22555577.post-55172777327489357432008-08-28T09:59:00.000-05:002008-08-28T09:59:00.000-05:00LYING ABOUT DOROTHY TILLMAN WILL NOT HELP YOUR ARG...LYING ABOUT DOROTHY TILLMAN WILL NOT HELP YOUR ARGUMENT AGAINST OBAMA<BR/><BR/>"the Harold Washington Cultural Center, which she headed, was under investigation for corruption, including the award of non-bid contracts to her family members."<BR/><BR/>This is just another example of the lies and misinformation that abound the American political atmosphere. The Harold Washington Cultural Center was not headed by Dorothy Tillman and there was no no-bid contracts given to any family member. You can not back this up with any facts.<BR/><BR/>"The 3rd Ward, which was ruled for 24 agonizing years by Alderman Dorothy Tillman" Another lie. I stand to disagree wholeheartedly with your imaginative interpretation of her hard work and her history of accomplishment in our beloved community. <BR/> If you simply analyze the census data of the nonprofit organization We the People Media , you will find that in the Grand Boulevard area, which encompasses the 3rd ward, property values increased 400 percent from 1990 to 2000, and there was a tenfold increase in applications for building permits. It is unmistakable that her leadership led to this rebirth.<BR/>Take a ride back in your mind’s eyes to 1984, after the late, great Mayor Washington appointed her alderman of the 3rd ward. It was dirty, neglected, and not a place people were proud to say they lived. It was termed “the low end”. Under her administration the miles of dirt along the boulevard of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Garfield Boulevard was restored, abandoned cars were towed, abandoned buildings boarded up, or if necessary torn down. A neighborhood that was once call “fly dump city”, initiated a clean up campaign that piloted the city’s Clean and Green Program that we still have today.<BR/>She pioneered the first TIF to be used in the black community, with the construction of the 55th and Dan Ryan shopping center that continues to create jobs and millions of tax dollars, and also she left the 3rd ward rich with several other TIF districts that will continue to benefit it well into the future. As recently as 2007, she recruited Quinton Primo, III of Capri Capital for the corner of 39th and State Street for a $155 million dollar retail and condo complex that is currently be developed and countless other multi-million dollar projects that are in progress right now in the 3rd ward. <BR/>She helped to found the African American Home Builders Association and advocated for an unprecedented 70/30 plan to make certain that African American received the majority of the contracts. She is a visionary who created the Chicago Blues District and The Harold Washington Cultural Center. She even led in the area of Going Green by helping to develop two Ecofriendly houses on E. 45th Street. You cannot ignore the 16 years of producing the stellar Bring It On Home to Me Roots Festival, where over 300,000 people attended this family oriented event that attracted national and international megastars to perform for free, the over 20 years of the Christmas Gifts for Children, Thanksgiving Family Affair Dinners, and The Back to School Health Fairs. <BR/>For you to ignore her many humanitarian efforts, including the Washington-King Resource Center, an 80 bed homeless shelter that operated for many years, the two hurricane relief drives, and the ground breaking reparations legislation.<BR/><BR/>The Dutch historian Pieter Geyl wrote “Imagination plays too important a role in the writing of history, and what is imagination but the projection of the author's personality.” I submit that your attempt to rewrite our mother‘s history is rooted in a dismal attempt to thwart Obama historical acention to the highest office inthe land.... <BR/>Her history, before, during, and now after her time in the Chicago City Council is remarkable. <BR/>Developmental psychologist Erik Erikson wrote “If history is a collection of events which come to life for us because of what some actors did, some recorders recorded, and some previewers decided to retell, a clinician attempting to interpret an historical event must first of all get the facts straight.”<BR/><BR/>If the Anti-Obama folk attempt to push this story about Tillman through it will only hurt their cause..The publication that printed the series on Tillman are now themselves under investigation for being a political propaganda tool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com