Friday, March 9, 2012

Food with Attitude: DB #163 DEIDRE BAUMANN FOR JUDGE

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DB #163 DEIDRE BAUMANN FOR JUDGE

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Deidre Baumann is making spirited run for judge of the Cook County circuit court

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John Presta

Chicago Grassroots Politics Examiner

Deidre Baumann is running for Cook County Circuit Court Judge in filling Victoria A. Stewart vacancy in the Democratic Primary Election on March 20, 2012. Deidre Baumann (Punch #163) is opposed by five politically connected opponents, but Baumann is highly rated by the various bar associations because of her outstanding legal work as a lawyer.

With over 20 years of experience practicing law, Baumann has built a strong reputation as a highly skilled, informed, and gifted advocate not only for her clients but the greater good. She is best known for her tireless work as lead counsel on the Burr Oak Cemetery litigation, having filed the first class action lawsuit representing the hundreds of people with loved ones buried at Burr Oak Cemetery.

“I’m running for Judge because I believe I can bring fresh energy and an independent voice to the Cook County Courts,” said Baumann. “I have the perspective of a long-time Chicago resident and the knowledge of an active community member who has worked across a wide spectrum of urban issues.”

Deidre Baumann knows it is not easy running for Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court. It takes hard-work and tenacity and a strong empathy for people. That isn't always enough, but it is a great start for a candidate. She has been there before, running for judge in 2010. Baumann came in second to Judge William H. Hooks, a strong, party-endorsed candidate. Baumann earned much from that experience, and now feels strongly she can prevail in this race.

Deidre Baumann has racked up some important endorsements in her 2012 race for judge, filling the Victoria A. Stewart vacancy. Baumann has received the endorsement of the Chicago Teachers Union which represents over 32,000 Chicago Public Schools teachers dedicated to advancing quality public education for our children. She received the endorsement of the IVI-IPO, a trusted organization that is dedicated to "good government activism and an idealistic vision of open, honest government in Illinois through pragmatic means that confront cynicism and corruption with equal force."

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Deidre Baumann is also endorsed by 1st Ward Alderman Joe “Proco” Moreno, 3rd Ward Alderman Pat Dowell, 6th Ward Alderman Roderick T. Sawyer, 8th Ward Alderman Michelle Harris, 20th Ward Alderman Willie Cochran, IL State Senator Donne E. Trotter, and IL State Representative Marlow H. Colvin. She is also endorsed by the Personal PAC, Latin American Police Association, Jewish Chicago, Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 73, Schaumburg Democrats, and Concerned Parents of Thornton Township School District 205. Deidre Baumann can accessed by clicking here, at here at www.deidrebaumann4judge.com.

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John is the author of an award-winning book, the 2010 Winner of the USA National Best Book award for African-American studies, published by The Elevator Group Mr. and Mrs. Grassroots: How Barack Obama, Two Bookstore Owners, and 300 Volunteers did it. Also available an eBook on Amazon. John is also a member of the Society of Midland Authors and is a book reviewer of political books for the New York Journal of Books

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Monday, October 17, 2011

Food with Attitude: UPCOMING EVENTS

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Food with Attitude: I am back!

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Food with Attitude: FOR THE PEOPLE AND TAKES THE PEOPLE

Food with Attitude: FOR THE PEOPLE AND TAKES THE PEOPLE: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 12:30-1:30pm Topic: Inside View of Burr Oak Cemetery Litigation and Legislative Response Speaker: Deidre Bauma...

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Friday, August 12, 2011

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Food with Attitude: Family take care of each other

Food with Attitude: Family take care of each other: "Obesity alone is no reason to remove kids from their homes Opinion: State laws governing abuse and neglect shouldn't apply to weighty issue ..."

Family take care of each other

Obesity alone is no reason to remove kids from their homes

Opinion: State laws governing abuse and neglect shouldn't apply to weighty issue

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By Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.

July 12, 2011

You don't need to be a doctor or scientist to see that Americans are getting fatter and fatter. We are the United States of obesity. Twelve states now have obesity rates above 30 percent, a just-released report from Trust for America's Health shows.

Even the state with the highest percentage of people who are normal weight, Colorado, has a 20 percent obesity rate.

What's even worse is the epidemic of blubber among children. Obesity rates have skyrocketed among the nation's kids in the past two decades. Nearly 32 percent of U.S. children ages 2 to 19 are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fully 12 percent have topped the category of extreme obesity. That's a lot of heavy kids.

This well-documented epidemic now has led two prominent Harvard School of Public Health researchers to call for consideration of drastic action: Use state laws governing child abuse and neglect to empower protective services staff to pull dangerously fat kids out of their homes, saving them from the diabetes, strokes, heart attacks, cancer, depression and arthritis that surely await.

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"Involvement of state protective services might be considered, including placement into foster care in carefully selected situations," write Dr. David S. Ludwig and lawyer Lindsey Murtagh in the latest issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The researchers carefully trace the history of a movement that has seen a few severely obese children removed from homes in which parents were unable or unwilling to address their weight - and the serious health problems it presented. They note that a handful of states - including California, Indiana, Iowa, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas - have precedent to apply laws governing intervention in cases of malnourishment to "overnourishment" and severe obesity.

As Murtagh noted in a 2007 article in the journal American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Brittany, a morbidly obese 9-year-old girl in Chemung County, N.Y., was shuttled between her home and foster care for four years with her parents under orders to watch her diet and take her to the gym two to three times a week. When the parents failed to heed the order, the child was placed in the care of the state.

Such a case may be dramatic, and, indeed, the obesity epidemic is the single biggest health crisis facing this country and its kids. But forcing heavy children out of their homes is not the solution.

Our laws give enormous authority to parents and rightly so. The only basis for compelling medical treatment against a parent's wishes are if a child is at imminent risk of death - meaning days or hours - and a proven cure exists for what threatens to kill them. Obesity does not pass these requirements.

The risk of death from obesity is real, but it is way down the road for kids. There is no proven cure for obesity. The ability to treat a child with diet or a lifestyle change who does not want to be "treated" by strangers is a long shot at best. The number of kids involved - an estimated 2 million children with body-mass index above the 99th percentile - would quickly swamp already overwhelmed social service departments. And, no matter what you do with overweight children, sooner or later they are going back home where their often overweight parents will still be.

In Brittany's case, for instance, her mother weighed more than 430 pounds.

Fat chance this is going to become widespread public policy. But if we don't yank heavy kids from their obesity-encouraging homes, what should we do?

We live in a society that is awash in food. Everywhere you turn, from billboards, to television, to magazines to the radio, someone is trying to tell you to rush down to a fast-food joint, an all you can eat buffet at the mall, to imbibe more sugary drinks or consume the largest portions ever to fall off a plate at your local steakhouse or rib joint. Add to this the fact that barely anyone in the entire nation is moving around - including kids, for whom gym, recess and sports are fast becoming topics for history class. Overall, you have a population lumbering toward XXXL.

But before we start grabbing porky youths out of their homes and sending them off to government fat camps, might we try to change our food culture? This means doing what we have done for smoking. Demonize the companies that sell and market food that is not nutritious. That means you, candy, soda, fried food and snack food outfits. Tax them too. And get Hollywood and television to make overeating and not exercising uncool just like they did with smoking. Put exercise back on the menu for all school kids.

I am not letting parents off the hook. But, putting the blame for childhood obesity on the home and then arguing that moving kids out of homes where obesity reigns is the answer is short-sighted and doomed to fail. We need the nation to go on a diet together and the most important places to start are at the grocery store, schools and media.

Arthur Caplan, Ph.D., is director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Food with Attitude: HOT, HOT, HOT! WE ROLL LIKE THAT CHICAGO!

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