September 30, 2023

QUESTION: When will Democrats stop bringing in illegals? ANSWER: When they are sure that no Republican will ever be elected again. QUESTION: When will RINOs stop bringing in illegals? ANSWER: When they are sure that they have all the cheap labor that they can ever use.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats acknowledge that “Some allies break with Mayor Brandon Johnson over migrant response.” Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-immigrant-council-committee-debate-20230929-dmsnboh6hzavdljp2jtmld7ubu-story.html
— Democrats acknowledge that “Migrant teens from Venezuela jumped after school in Rogers Park.” Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-sullivan-high-migrant-teen-fight-20230929-cjnnfammwfasbho4p5d7xopbje-story.html
— Democrats crow that “Chicago Public Schools sees 1K enrollment increase and launches 5-year plan” but acknowledge “some pushback from community.” What percent of the 1K increase is illegals?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/education/ct-chicago-board-of-ed-launches-five-year-plan-amid-first-enrollment-increase-20230930-t5tkxcurw5hudife2qkwz5hzui-story.html
— Democrats ask “Will Mayor Brandon Johnson’s transfer tax plan deliver for the homeless amid a real estate downturn?”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-real-estate-transfer-tax-budget-impact-chicago-brandon-johnson-20230930-rclxy3e5unc7vm2raedjna5ezi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats have no problem with communism. Some increasingly promote communism.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/9/29/23896549/illinois-gop-chinese-electric-vehicle-battery-plant-manteno-communists-gotion-rich-miller

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly flood DuPage County with people who want/need/demand massive government assistance.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230930/hunger-around-every-corner-glen-ellyn-food-pantry-settles-into-new-home-sees-high-demand

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats acknowledge that “Migrant crisis pits Pritzker vs. City Council.” Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-immigrant-crisis-pits-pritzker-against-city-council

ABC7
— Democrats acknowledge that “Migrants in Chicago: City Council members debate city’s ‘sanctuary city’ status.” Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-city-council-sanctuary-news/13842451/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly flood Chicago with people who want/need/demand massive government assistance.
https://abc7chicago.com/government-shutdown-wic-food-formula-snap-benefits/13844831/

NBC5
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicagoans, aldermen question city’s response to migrant crisis.” Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/multiple-chicagoans-aldermen-question-citys-response-to-migrant-crisis/3239649/
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago aldermen question costs incurred by city over migrant shelter staffing. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration said Friday that it was working to reduce costs by encouraging Favorite Healthcare Staffing to hire locally.” Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/chicago-aldermen-question-costs-incurred-by-city-over-migrant-shelter-staffing/3239539/

CBS2
— Democrats crow that “9 more buses carrying migrants arrive in Chicago.” Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/buses-migrants-chicago/
— Democrats acknowledge that “Tempers flare at hearing on Chicago’s migrant crisis as influx of asylum seekers ramps up. ” Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/migrant-housing-hearing-city-hall-friday/
— Democrats acknowledge that “Despite rise in catalytic converter theft, few arrests made in Chicago.” I own a 2018 Chevrolet Cruze daily driver. Because they are targeted (SEE: https://gmauthority.com/blog/2023/03/chevy-cruze-appreciated-by-catalytic-converter-thieves-study-says/ ), I expect that the car has lost more value.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/catalytic-converter-theft-arrests-chicago/
— Democrats say “Chicago police commander demoted.” Demotion is an adverse action. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors told me that they would constructively demote me if I did not take their early retirement “offer,” that is, that they would transfer me out of the audit group that they had assigned to since 1990, that they would assign my coworkers to supervise me who had far less work experience, far less education, fewer or no professional certifications, and/or no professional licenses, etc. Immediately after I succumbed to their demotion threat and retired, they gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. But I was stopped from presenting the aforesaid to a jury because Democrat judges denied me my 7th Amendment rights (SEE: https://www.annenbergclassroom.org/resource/seventh-amendment/ ). They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, and especially I had also been a minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if my ancestors had not been in America for a long time. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that. I had become a Forensic Accountant and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. I had become a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Internal Auditor and licensed CPA in 1981, and CPA in 1979. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and an MBA from Loyola in 1976. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious that I had been the only active member in their Chicago office since 1988 in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-police-commander-demoted/

FOX32
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-touts-illinois-pot-legalization-as-model-for-other-states

WTTW
— Democrats acknowledge that “Anger, Frustration Boil Over at Hearing on Migrant Crisis as Breach Deepens Between City, State.” Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://news.wttw.com/2023/09/29/anger-frustration-boil-over-hearing-migrant-crisis-breach-deepens-between-city-state

WGN RADIO
— Democrats ask “Should the Thompson Center be used as a temp shelter for migrants?” Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgnradio.com/the-althimer-show/should-the-thompson-center-be-used-as-a-temp-shelter-for-migrants/

WBEZ
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago alderpersons lash out at mayor and governor over response to the influx of migrants. The City Council debated everything from a major contract to house migrants in tents to the state’s communication with the city.” Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-city-council-hearing-on-migrants-turns-heated/839d0866-3590-4972-addf-b65e1fa4b915
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/how-some-migrants-in-chicago-are-finding-housing/0986602a-89fa-4d11-a8e0-c9022fdc890e

JOURNAL COURIER
— How many of the many millions in America illegally will use their false identifications to vote for Democrats? Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-state-local-election-authorities-try-18397295.php

CITIES 92.9
— (Pritzker) sending $41.5 million (of tax dollars) to 6 Chicago-area governments taking in (illegals) – Greg Bishop (COMMENT: Sooner or later, if not already, Pritzker will offer many thousands if not millions of tax dollars to your mayor to take in illegals. How has/will your mayor responded/respond? Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.cities929.com/2023/09/29/illinois-sending-41-5-million-to-6-chicago-area-governments-taking-in-migrants/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chicago is getting more than $30 million in new grants. The city of Joliet is getting $8.6 million. Elgin is getting nearly $1.3 million. Lake County will get $1 million. The city of Urbana will get $250,000 while Oak park will get $150,000.)

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Attorney weighs in on case challenging Illinois’ abortion referral requirements – Andrew Hensel
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/attorney-weighs-in-on-case-challenging-illinois-abortion-referral-requirements/article_ada423f4-5e15-11ee-92aa-eb5490f20209.html

CWB CHICAGO
— Democrats acknowledge that “In robbery-plagued Chicago, community meetings draw packed houses, claim of propaganda.”
https://cwbchicago.com/2023/09/in-robbery-plagued-chicago-community-meetings-draw-packed-houses-claim-of-propaganda.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats crow that “Bulk goes to Chicago, but Joliet, Elgin, Lake County, others to share in $41.5 million state asylum-seeker grants.” Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://capitolfax.com/2023/09/29/bulk-goes-to-chicago-but-joliet-elgin-lake-county-others-to-share-in-415-million-state-asylum-seeker-grants/
— Democrats say “State, city, mutual aid groups outline asylum seeker/migrant assistance. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://capitolfax.com/2023/09/29/state-city-mutual-aid-groups-outline-asylum-seekermigrant-assistance/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/09/29/isabels-afternoon-roundup-12/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Sheriff Mendrick remains silent on unsolved Willowbrook mass shooting (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly a) blame Republicans for mass shootings and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that mass shooters are Republicans who are conservative, heterosexual, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and who are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/649759253-sheriff-mendrick-remains-silent-on-unsolved-willowbrook-mass-shooting
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick has been silent on the Willowbrook mass shooting which resulted in one death and 22 injuries. The shooting occurred during a Juneteenth celebration. Video from the shooting released by NBC 5 Chicago shows partygoers running and screaming as bullets rip through the crowd. The shooting lasted only 30 seconds in which 23 were shot. The family of the slain man Reggie Meadows has been asking for answers. “I just want to know what’s the reason of my brother being killed? There’s no information. There’s been nothing displayed to me or the mother of his children,” Darren Meadows, Reggie Meadows brother asked WGN in July, about a month after the shooting. Mendrick has not spoken publicly about the shooting and requests for information have been denied. The shooting remains unsolved despite deputies being on hand at the time for crowd control. Mendrick notably engaged in a feud on the topic when he accused Chicago’s Morning Answer radio host Dan Proft of being a “cop hater” after Proft invited him on the air to speak about the shooting. Their exchange on Twitter occurred after Proft invited the sheriff to join him on his radio show to discuss the Willowbrook incident with the perpetrators still at large. The dispute centered on the handling of the investigation and demands for more transparency and law enforcement presence in the area, with Congressman Sean Casten’s criticism of Republicans’ stance on gun regulation also coming into focus.)

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Are the Voter Rolls in Illinois Clean or Dirty? – Nancy Hayes (COMMENT: Illinois Democrats recently mandated that precincts be expanded from an average of 500 voters to an average of 1,200 voters. That frustrates the ability of precinct committeemen to keep their precinct’s voter role clean.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/09/are-the-voter-rolls-in-illinois-clean-or-dirty/
— Battling Cultural Marxists: Courageous Conservatives Needed – Robert Knight
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/09/battling-cultural-marxists-courageous-conservatives-needed/
— How to Be Pro-Life in a Pro-Abortion World (COMMENT: I have always been pro-life. I should write a book about the most pro-abortion past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and Association of American Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on the arguments that they use against me.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/event/how-to-be-pro-life-in-a-pro-abortion-world/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Hispanic Americans living in Colony Ridge refute ‘illegal alien’ narrative – Bethany Blankley
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hispanic-americans-living-in-colony-ridge-refute-illegal-alien-narrative
— The Chinese Communist Party is a threat, not a GOP ‘pejorative’ – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/chinese-communist-party-is-threat-not-gop-pejorative
— Three ways colleges are suppressing speech — and how students can fight back – Tyson Langhofer
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/three-ways-colleges-are-suppressing-speech-and-how-students-can-fight-back

NEW YORK POST
— How colleges brazenly get around Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling – Rikki Schlott
https://nypost.com/2023/09/30/how-colleges-are-skirting-supreme-couts-affirmative-action-ruling/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Completely clean out rogue government agencies – Victor Davis Hanson (COMMENT: Who do you know who has worked for the federal government? For almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $109,732-$142,650/year, I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO. For almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year, I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS. I should write a book about how my Democrat GAO and IRS superiors wasted the careers of and got rid of their employees who were Republican. They got rid the Republican GAO manager who had arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, who had gotten me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who had promoted me to GS-13 in 1986. They got rid of the Republican IRS manager who had promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974.)
https://amgreatness.com/2023/09/29/victor-davis-hanson-completely-clean-out-rogue-government-agencies/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Victor Davis Hanson, speaking to host Dan Proft on American Greatness’ “Counterculture” podcast, said that it’s necessary to “clean up and break up” rogue government agencies that “lie with impunity.” “How do you stop the DOJ, the FBI, the CIA, the local prosecutors from doing what they’re doing?” Hanson asked Proft. “James Comey, Anthony Fauci, Robert Mueller, Andrew McCabe — that lie with impunity? “You’d have to go through and completely clean out and break up those agencies.” This full interview is available on Rumble, YouTube, and Spotify. In his interview with Proft, Hanson offered an analysis of the current U.S. political climate, focusing on the prosecutions of former president Trump, who faces four indictments and 91 felony charges as of the date of the interview. Hanson also shared his views on what “counter-revolutionaries” must do to end the abuses of the Left.)

AMERICAN THINKER
— Texas declares illegal immigrant surge an invasion – Michael Letts
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/09/texas_declares_illegal_immigrant_surge_an_invasion.html
— Revenge of the nerd librarians – James Stansbury
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/09/revenge_of_the_nerd_librarians.html

BREITBART
— Dianne Feinstein in 1994 Assailed Illegal Aliens, Anchor Babies as ‘Very Real Problem’ Straining Medicaid, Schools, Housing – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Republican candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, etc. in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have moved the furthest to the left since 2000, that is, who have dumped the most planks in the Republican Party platform, that is, who become RINOs. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/29/watch-dianne-feinstein-assailed-illegal-aliens-anchor-babies-as-very-real-problem-straining-medicaid-schools-housing/

DAILY CALLER
— Why Should Border States Foot The Bill For Illegal Immigration? – DON HUFFINES
https://dailycaller.com/2023/09/29/opinion-why-should-border-states-foot-the-bill-for-illegal-immigration-don-huffines/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Sen. Cruz Calls for Preventing Schools From Being Turned Into Housing for Illegal Immigrants – Sara Garstka
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/09/29/sen-cruz-calls-for-preventing-schools-from-being-turned-into-housing-for-illegal-immigrants/

EPOCH TIMES
— Universities Are Evading Supreme Court’s Anti-Affirmative Action Ruling. Schools are dropping standardized tests to buck the decision and allow minority students in who are academically unqualified. – Matthew Vadum
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/universities-evading-supreme-courts-anti-affirmative-action-ruling-congress-hears-5500349

GOPUSA
— Trump Responds To Attempt To Ban Him From Denver Ballots In 2024 (COMMENT: Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?)
https://www.gopusa.com/trump-responds-to-attempt-to-ban-him-from-denver-ballots-in-2024/

NEWSMAX
— Leader (DeSantis) Emerging Amidst GOP Debate Chaos – Michael Dorstewitz
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/kelly-survivor/2023/09/29/id/1136391/

TOWNHALL
— Democrats Kick Americans to the Curb In Order to Make Room for Illegal Migrants – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/09/29/95-year-old-veteran-kicked-out-of-nursing-home-to-make-room-for-illegal-migrants-n2629135

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

MSN
— Trump rallies California GOP as DeSantis tried to make up ground – Seema Mehta, Benjamin Oreskes, Faith E. Pinho (COMMENT: Will Trump open the Illinois Republican Party’s (IRP) State Convention next year? When and where is that convention? I have asked to be appointed to the convention’s Platform and Resolutions Committee. I served on that committee in 2008. RINO DuPage County Republican Central Committee leaders dumped the IRP State Central Committee member who appointed me.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-rallies-california-gop-as-desantis-tried-to-make-up-ground/ar-AA1ht6AH
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former President Trump, opening up the California Republican Party’s fall convention, assailed Gov. Gavin Newsom, “California radicals” and “tech tyrants” on Friday in a rambling speech that drifted from mandated vaccines for schoolchildren to the quality of his Palos Verdes golf course.)

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs hypocritically say “Let’s Live Healthier” while ever-increasingly pushing LGBTQ, abortion, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/opinion/aging-public-health-healthspan.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Constructively, Democrats and Mexico have declared war on America. Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/02/republican-military-intervention-mexico-quagmire/
— Democrats say “Republican presidential candidates participating in Wednesday night’s debate broadly refused to name a fellow competitor onstage to ‘vote off the island’ and leave the race.” I should write a book about those who have voted me off their islands. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and Association of American Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on the arguments that they use against me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/28/vote-island-republican-debate/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrats acknowledge that “Three more buses carrying dozens of asylum seekers arrive in L.A. from Texas.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-30/three-more-buses-carrying-dozens-of-asylum-seekers-arrive-in-l-a-from-texas

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) destroy non-Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/30/black-history-bans-spark-action-beyond-classroom/70981951007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘The Burning of the World’ Review: Chicago’s Great Fire. An inferno tore through America’s Midwestern metropolis in 1871—leaving a swath of destruction and an uncertain number dead. – Richard Snow (COMMENT: What were your ancestors doing in 1871? On my father’s side, they were operating Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they were operating a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-burning-of-the-world-review-chicagos-inferno-e4984888
— A Case of Tax Fraud—at the IRS. Agents backdated documents to punish legal deductions. – Editorial (COMMENT: Democrats run IRS and GAO. GAO audits IRS. The Democrats who run IRS do not want Republicans to work for IRS or to work for GAO on audits of IRS. The Democrats who run GAO do not want Republicans to work on audits of IRS. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tax-fraud-irs-backdate-auditors-lakepoint-u-s-tax-court-43cc8459
— Biden’s Trend Line Points Downward. Voters don’t miss Trump, but they miss 2019, and they worry about crime, immigration and inflation. – Peggy Noonan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-trend-line-points-down-2024-election-economy-crime-immigration-inflation-culture-c8c79410

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats crow that “Significant layoffs at Educational Testing Services – Inside Higher Ed.” Democrats ever-increasingly replace objective criteria with subjective criteria so that they can give more and more and more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats: liberal, LGBTQ, female, younger, poor, lack education, lack job skills, veteran, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2023/09/29/significant-layoffs-educational-testing-service

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.