:Bill Patmon
{{short description|American politician}}
{{distinguish|Bill Patman}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bill Patmon
| image name =
| office1 = Member of the
Ohio House of Representatives
from the 10th district
| term_start1 = January 3, 2011
| preceded1 = Robin Belcher
| succeeded1 = Terrence Upchurch
| office2 = Member of
Cleveland City Council
from Ward 8
| term_start2 = January 1, 1990
| term_end2 = December 31, 2001
| preceded2 = Jeff Johnson
| succeeded2 = Sabra Pierce Scott
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1946|2|13}}
| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Democrat
| residence = Cleveland, Ohio
| alma_mater = Eastern Michigan University
| profession = Businessman, Community Consultant
||termend=December 31, 2018|term_end1=December 31, 2018}}
Bill Patmon (born February 13, 1946) is an American businessman and former member of the Ohio House of Representatives who represented the Tenth District from 2011 to 2018.
Career
Patmon grew up in Cleveland and graduated from Eastern Michigan University.{{cite web |title=About Bill |url=http://billpatmon.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=4 |publisher=Elect Bill Patmon |accessdate=November 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422203958/http://billpatmon.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=4 |archivedate=April 22, 2012 }}{{Self-published source|date=June 2017}} Patmon was a member of Cleveland City Council from 1990 to 2001, and served as the chairman of its Finance Committee from 1999 to 2001.{{cite news |first=Tonya |last=Sams |title=Former Cleveland mayoral candidate Bill Patmon is running for House sea |url=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/03/former_cleveland_mayoral_candi.html |work=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |date=March 12, 2010 |accessdate=November 7, 2010}} Patmon initially was in the running for the Congressional seat available following the death of Stephanie Tubbs Jones, but failed to gain momentum. In 2009, he ran for mayor of Cleveland, but lost to Frank G. Jackson.{{cite news |first=Henry J. |last=Gomez |title=Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson clinches re-election, looks ahead to tall tasks in second term |url=http://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/index.ssf/2009/11/cleveland_mayor_frank_jackson_5.html |work=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |date=November 4, 2009 |accessdate=November 7, 2010}}
Ohio House of Representatives
After winning a crowded primary in May 2010 for Ohio's 10th House District which included incumbent Robin Belcher, he ran unopposed in the general election in what to many is considered the safest Democratic State House district. Patmon was sworn into his first term on January 3, 2011, and served as a member of the Education Committee, the State Government and Elections Committee, and the Transportation, Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee.
In 2012, Patmon won reelection to his seat unopposed. He currently sits on the House Transportation, Public Safety, and Homeland Security Committee, the Ways and Means Committee, and the State and Local Government Committee.
Patmon is known for having introduced several pieces of legislation in his first term with a counted eighteen bills that ranged in topics from education to healthcare. Patmon also introduced legislation for specialty license plates that highlight Cleveland as the starting point for Superman, to celebrate Superman's 75th anniversary in 2013, and to acknowledge Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster as the co-creators of the best-known superhero in the world.{{cite news | first = Michael | last = Sangiacomo | title = Superman license plate packaged in state budget | url = http://www.cleveland.com/comic-books/index.ssf/2013/04/superman_license_plate_package.html | work = The Plain Dealer | location = Cleveland, Ohio | date = 2013-04-19 | accessdate = May 10, 2013}}{{cite news|first=Michael|last=McIntyre|title=Car towed in Cleveland? It's gonna cost you more: Michael K. McIntyre's Tip-off|url=http://www.cleveland.com/tipoff/index.ssf/2013/01/car_towed_in_cleveland_its_gon.html|work=The Cleveland Plain Dealer|location=Cleveland, Ohio|date=January 7, 2013|accessdate=May 10, 2013}}
Patmon has seen much success in his second term as State Representative including the passage of House Bill 147, also known as the Lizzie B. Byrd Act, named in honor of his mother who was diagnosed with breast cancer. Patmon has expressed openly his experiences as he watched his mother face her diagnosis and subsequent reluctance over cancer treatment options expressing that "It stung. It stung deep.".{{cite news | first = Robert | last = Higgs | title = New Ohio law named for legislator's mother aims to inform breast cancer patients of all treatment options | url = http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2014/01/new_ohio_law_named_for_legisla.html}} The legislation, signed into law on December 19, 2014, requires physicians to present patients with all possible options upfront and to ensure that patients know that breast cancer reconstructive surgery can be covered by health insurance.
As the Representative for inner Cleveland, Patmon is against allowing concealed carry of guns in restaurants, bars and stadiums, notably Cleveland Browns Stadium.{{cite news | first = Reggie | last = Fields | title = Guns in bars bill passes Ohio House, Senate concurs, Gov. John Kasich to sign it | date = 2011-06-16 | url = http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/06/ohio_house_passes_guns_in_bars.html | work = The Plain Dealer | accessdate = 2011-06-16}}
A conservative Democrat, Patmon opposes abortion. http://ratings.conservative.org/people/9aab475c-e735-4981-ae75-fb5adbf16ff0
References
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External links
- [http://billpatmon.info/ Bill Patmon for State Representative]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} official campaign site
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