November 15 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Following Trump comparison, J.B. Pritzker will release tax returns – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-tax-returns-20171115-story.html
— Primary challenger Mickey Straub and Supreme Court justice James Heiple – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-tax-returns-20171115-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mickey Straub, the village president of Burr Ridge, says he’s challenging House Republican leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs in the March primary. And when you contemplate a primary bid against a sitting legislative leader, things you wrote in the past can quickly come bubbling back up. Take Straub’s May 1997 letter to the editor in the suburban Daily Herald. At the time, then-Illinois Supreme Court Justice James Heiple stood accused of abusing his position to get out of traffic stops. . .Straub’s candidacy is getting some unlikely support from the political arm of International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150. Durkin’s camp is a aware of the union’s actions, a result of the House GOP leader keeping his caucus from backing an override of legislation vetoed by Gov. Rauner that would have banned municipalities from enacting local “right-to-work” ordinances. Though many of Rauner’s vetoes were overridden amid Republican pique with the governor among the GOP’s rank-and-file, Rauner and Durkin had made upholding the “right-to-work” ban a priority. Straub is being backed by the political operation of talk show host and failed 2010 GOP governor primary candidate Dan Proft. Proft also is backing state Rep. Jeanne Ives, who is positioning herself as a challenger to Rauner in the Republican primary for governor. Ives has been no fan of unions. A union official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said Local 150’s support of Straub does not include backing Ives.)
— Only if it serves the state: North Korea’s online experience – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. They include activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. Some of them have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-as–republic-of-kim-the-digital-divide-20171109-story.html
— Aldermen want changes at $10 million white flight home value program – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-northwest-side-property-tax-organization-20171114-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Papa John’s apologizes for criticizing NFL anthem protests – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/papa-johns-nfl-protest-apologizes/
— Judge rules in favor of Fraternal Order of Police over disciplinary guidelines (DIERSEN: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I worked there, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able a) to force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, c) to not promote me beyond GS-13, d) to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) to force me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fraternal-order-of-police-illinois-labor-relations-act-unfair-labor-practice-complaint/

DAILY HERALD
— I have a record of standing up to the system – Jeanne Ives (DIERSEN: What do you have a record of doing? Since 2000, I have a record of sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Since 2004, those emails have included links to almost 287,000 articles and information on many upcoming events. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, they have also gone out each and every evening. Those emails have gone out free of charge and they have not contained any advertising. Those emails have defended and advanced the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. Virtually every important Republican activist, candidate, elected official, party leader, major donor, and political consultant in Illinois either reads the emails or relies on their staff and/or volunteers to monitor the emails to keep up to date with important government and political news and commentary in Illinois from a Republican perspective.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171115/jeanne-ives-i-have-record-of-standing-up-to-the-system
— Multiple women file complaints about Dist. 62 superintendent Floyd Williams – Chacour Koop and Christopher Placek
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171114/multiple-women-file-complaints-about-dist-62-superintendent
— If school chief Floyd Williams leaves early, public deserves to know why – Editorial (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors never admitted that they took the following adverse actions against me a) because I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) because in 1988 when I was 40 years old I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation: forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Consequently, since 1980, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my Democrat GAO superiors took the aforesaid adverse actions against me because I was a “bad” employee and even worse things.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20171114/editorial-if-school-chief-leaves-early-public-deserves-to-know-why

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Watchdog group Truth in Accounting gives city finances an F – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171115/BLOGS02/171119936
— Is this the beginning of the end for Metra? – JOE CAHILL
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171115/BLOGS10/171119940
— Senate GOP tax bill would repeal Obamacare’s individual mandate – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: Have you always been covered by health insurance? I have always been covered by health insurance since I was born in 1948 thanks to my parents and to my employers. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as having been born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171114/NEWS03/171119945
— Why the gas tax is running out of road – TIM JONES
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20171115/NEWS02/171119938

HERALD & REVIEW
— State rep Jeanne Ives says governor Bruce Rauner has failed Republicans – RYAN VOYLES
http://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/state-rep-says-governor-has-failed-republicans/article_35f14b5f-dc86-5430-9ed1-a15cc92dc23b.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— UI clerical workers step up pressure for restoration of annual raises – Julie Wurth (DIERSEN: Because of step increases, COLAs, and/or promotions, my salary increased every year that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, except 1980 when I took an $18,847 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-11-15/ui-clerical-workers-step-pressure-restoration-annual-raises.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Fact check: Speaker Madigan says ethics commission was functioning – Matthew Dietrich
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20171113/fact-check-speaker-madigan-says-ethics-commission-was-functioning

TIMES
— Fighting governor, distancing from speaker – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/as-it-is-fighting-governor-distancing-from-speaker/article_89a3f756-cea4-5565-a6db-d8faf4ada33f.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Davis asks if sexual harassment laws will cause fewer women to get DC jobs – JOSEPH BUSTOS
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article184538643.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Inspectors general in demand during Trump era Requests for IG investigations vary widely – GREGORY WALLACE (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, and especially while I served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accounts Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, I had lots of interaction with the Chicago offices of federal Inspector Generals)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/inspectors-general-in-demand-during-trump-era/857874524

QUAD CITIES ON LINE
— Gov. Rauner wants fewer regulations, lower property taxes – SARAH HAYDEN
http://www.qconline.com/news/gov-rauner-wants-fewer-regulations-lower-property-taxes/article_4a44a770-b7c6-5584-82f3-264128ac240e.html

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w Dr. Sapan Shah, IL 10th CD Republican Primary Candidate
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2017/11/watch-berkowitz-w-dr-sapan-shah-il-10th-cd-republican-primary-candidate-cable-and-web/

ONE NEWS PAGE
— Addressing opioids in Illinois Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti brings focus to Rock Island County
http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20171115/9241338/Addressing-opioids-in-Illinois.htm

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Women’s Republican Club of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff slates Christmas luncheon – Meg Shannon
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511262688-women-s-republican-club-of-lake-forest-lake-bluff-slates-christmas-luncheon

ILLINOIS CHRONICLE
— Epic fail: That’s what a new ad is calling Rauner
https://theillinoischronicle.com/chronicle-epic-fail-thats-what-a-new-ad-is-calling-rauner/

ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— Ives blasts Rauner as ‘dishonest’ GOP primary battle heats up – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/ives-blasts-rauner-as-dishonest/857710449
— Full transcript: Jeanne Ives interview The GOP candidate is challenging Governor Rauner – Mark Maxwell
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/full-transcript-jeanne-ives-interview/857733347

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Giving Thanks at All Times – Jonathan Lewis (DIERSEN: How thankful are you? Should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who viciously demonize me, who viciously denigrate me, and who viciously condemn me as someone who is not thankful enough? My more extreme critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I should be extremely thankful that they have not yet completely gotten rid of me figuratively if not literally. They stress that they have let me serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. They stress that they let me serve as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, GAO employee 1980-1997, IRS employee 1971-1980, Post Office employee 1966-1969, etc. Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are a member of a church, attend church services, and give money to a church. They use the aforesaid to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn those like me who are not a member of a church, who do not attend church services, and who do not give money to a church.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/giving-thanks-times/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— OPENTHEBOOKS CEO ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI AT HARVARD LAW
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/11/openthebooks-ceo-adam-andrzejewski-at-harvard-law.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives files D-1 to run for governor Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) just filed paperwork to create a new campaign committee called “Ives for Illinois.” She has about $268K in the bank. Her campaign committee chairman is Chicago Republican Party Chairman Chris Cleveland.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/11/15/ives-files-d-1-to-run-for-governor/

GOPUSA
— Congressional talks on sex harassment boil with hypocrisy
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33441
— ICE agents rebel, say Trump ‘betrayed’ them by leaving Obama’s people in place
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=33443
— Illegal alien arrested with Fentanyl stash has 5 aliases and has been deported at least twice (DIERSEN: How many aliases does a typical illegal use?)
http://www.gopusa.com/illegal-alien-arrested-with-fentanyl-stash-has-5-aliases-and-has-been-deported-at-least-twice/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Effect Crushes Local Elections – Jack Crowe (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and RINO political consults advise all candidates a) to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and b) to NOT include 
diersen@aol.com on their press advisor and press release lists.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/14/trump-effect-crushes-local-elections/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats made substantial progress in November, reclaiming numerous state and local government seats long held by Republicans. This phenomenon is due largely to an unprecedented level of enthusiasm among Democratic voters eager to voice to their opposition to President Donald Trump, according to a pair of local candidates, who witnessed the effect firsthand. The incendiary nature of national politics in the Trump era trickled down to the local level in Fairfield, Conn., where Democrats routed their opponents, garnering a 23 to 17 majority on the Representative Town Meeting (RTM), a hold over term from the days of early New England government that translates to town council.)
— NYT Columnist: We Should ‘Believe’ Women, But Only If Liberals Tell Us To – Rachel Stoltzfoos
http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/14/nyt-we-should-believe-women-but-only-if-liberals-tell-us-to/

BLAZE
— Sean Hannity issues a tough ultimatum to Roy Moore over accusations – Carlos Garcia
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/11/14/sean-hannity-issues-a-tough-ultimatum-to-roy-moore-over-accusations

NEWSMAX
— 58 Percent of Americans Disapprove of Trump Coverage – Solange Reyner (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who disapproves of GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? ANSWER: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
https://www.newsmax.com/Politics/fake-news-quinnipiac-voters-presidential-approval-ratings/2017/11/14/id/826123/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Mark Levin: GOP ‘dunderheads’ have screwed up tax reform “IF YOU LEAVE IT TO THESE DUNDERHEADS, THESE KNUCKLEHEADS IN CONGRESS, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.” – Chris Pandolfo (DIERSEN: Which taxpayers do the Republicans want to be winners or losers? Are you going to be a winner or a loser? From what I see, the proposed “tax reform” is being done to let members of Group A be winners and pay less federal income tax and to make members of Group B be losers and pay more federal income tax. Members of Group A typically take the standard deduction and are renters, younger, do not have major medical or dental expenses, and are Democrats. Members of Group B typically itemize their deductions and are homeowners, older, have major medical and/or dental expenses, and are Republicans.)
https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/mark-levin-gop-dunderheads-have-screwed-up-tax-reform

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel Is Latest Gender Pay Gap Hypocrite, Says New Report Nearly all of top Chicago salaries went to men in Emanuel’s fifth year as mayor – Brent Scher (DIERSEN: What does Andrzejewski have to say about Charles Bowsher who had great success at GAO during the 1980s and 1990s a) hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, women, minorities, and younger people and b) making way for them by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of GAO employees who were Republican, male, White, older, and/or non-veteran? Andrzejewski could use me as an example. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,847 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/chicagos-rahm-emanuel-is-latest-gender-pay-gap-hypocrite-says-new-report/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The data compiled by Open the Books show Emanuel has failed to close the gender pay gap on his own payroll, where just 12 of the top 100 salaries for city employees in 2016 were for women. “In Rahm Emanuel’s City of Chicago, just 12 females made the list of the top 100 most highly compensated employees last year,” explains Adam Andrzejewski, who runs Open the Books out of Chicago. Andrzejewski was critical of Emanuel’s decision to issue mayoral proclamations such as the one from April before he rectifies the disparities he himself controls. “Mayor Emanuel has serious gender gap issues in budgets he manages yet he supported rallies on Equal Pay Day and sent out mayoral proclamations lamenting, ‘women continue to suffer the consequences of unequal pay,’” Andrzejewski said. “Perhaps he should rectify the disparities in his own payroll first.” Open the Books’s analysis of Chicago was done during a larger study that compiled salary figures from the 25 largest federal agencies, congressional offices, and the White House. It also analyzed the five most populous states—California, Texas, Florida, New York, and Illinois. The highest salary in Chicago went to aviation commissioner Ginger Evans, a woman who brought in $400,000 in 2016. But the next 14 best-compensated employees were all men. The amount of money brought in by the highest paid men dwarfed the amount paid to women. “The 88 top-earning males made $17.5 million while the females earned $2.5 million,” Andrzejewski found. Andrzejewski’s study found that gender pay disparities were common at all levels of government and in the offices of politicians from both sides of the aisle. He suggests that politicians should stop directing criticism at the private sector and address the inequality that exists in their own show. “More than 50 years after American women began entering the workforce in droves during the feminist movement of the 1960s, allegations of gender inequality in the workplace still make the news,” Andrzejewski said. “Typically, the story stars a politician castigating the private sector. “Our study shows that government is one of the worst offenders when it comes to the gender gap. Perhaps it’s time an army of ‘fearless girls’ stormed government and demanded results, not rhetoric, from our politicians.”)

THE HILL
— Blue Dogs oppose GOP tax package – MIKE LILLIS
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/360432-blue-dogs-oppose-gop-tax-package

HUFFINGTON POST
— Congresswoman Says At Least 2 Members Of Congress Are Sexual Harassers Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) has been an outspoken advocate for making it easier for Congress workers to report sexual misconduct. – Amanda Terkel
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/speier-sexual-harassment_us_5a0b0d36e4b00a6eece46f84

CNN
— Roy Moore says he’s being ‘harassed’ by the media over allegations – Sophie Tatum
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/politics/roy-moore/index.html
— Lawmakers say sexual harassers serving in Congress – Juana Summers and MJ Lee
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/politics/house-sexual-harassment-hearing/index.html

ABC NEWS
— Trump has to show his cards on whether he backs Roy Moore – RICK KLEIN and MARYALICE PARKS (DIERSEN: Who do you back? If my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes had to “show their cards,” they would back Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, RINOs, and those who I have sued. They would back whoever has the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/note-trump-show-cards-backs-roy-moore/story?id=51161266

NEW YORK TIMES
— Lower Corporate Taxes, Higher Wages? Voters Are Skeptical – Ben Casselman (DIERSEN: Which taxpayers do the Republicans want to be winners or losers? Are you going to be a winner or a loser? From what I see, the proposed “tax reform” is being done to let members of Group A be winners and pay less federal income tax and to make members of Group B be losers and pay more federal income tax. Members of Group A typically take the standard deduction and are renters, younger, do not have major medical or dental expenses, and are Democrats. Members of Group B typically itemize their deductions and are homeowners, older, have major medical and/or dental expenses, and are Republicans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/business/economy/taxes-polls.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “There’s this widespread disbelief among Republicans, as there is among Democrats and independents, that tax cuts for employers will redound to their pockets books,” said Jon Cohen, vice president of survey research for SurveyMonkey. Americans’ views of the tax plan in general are more divided. The Times survey, which was conducted in early November, found that 52 percent of respondents said they disapproved of the plan, compared with 44 percent who said they supported it. (The survey did not distinguish between the House and Senate versions of the plan.) That is generally in line with other polls, although some have put support for the plan significantly lower. In general, opinions of the Republican plan split predictably along partisan lines. More than 80 percent of Republicans said they supported the plan, and more than 80 percent of Democrats said they opposed it. Most Republicans likewise said they believed that they would benefit personally from the plan, while few Democrats believed the same.)
— Obamacare’s Insurance Mandate Is Unpopular. So Why Not Just Get Rid of It? There’s a reason Democrats put the provision in the bill. Eliminating it would reduce insurance coverage and drive up premiums. How much is up for debate. – Margot Sanger-Katz (DIERSEN: Have you always been covered by health insurance? I have always been covered by health insurance since I was born in 1948 thanks to my parents and to my employers. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use that to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as having been born with a silver spoon in my mouth and that I have always been privileged. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/upshot/obamacares-insurance-mandate-is-unpopular-so-why-not-just-get-rid-of-it.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Business Groups Step Up Push to Protect Dreamers – Laura Meckler (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they would rather hire citizens of foreign countries than citizens of America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/business-groups-step-up-push-to-protect-dreamers-1510660802
— Millions More Millionaires Around the World, Led by U.S. Credit Suisse report shows rising global wealth but high inequality, and trouble for millennials – Brian Blackstone
https://www.wsj.com/articles/millions-more-millionaires-led-by-u-s-1510644682

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: McCain blasts Army for considering recruits with history of self-mutilation, vows action – Tom Vanden Brook
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/14/mccain-blasts-army-considering-recruits-history-self-mutilation-vows-action/863898001/

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Republican tax plan grapples with winners and losers – Kevin Diaz (DIERSEN: Which taxpayers do the Republicans want to be winners or losers? Are you going to be a winner or a loser? From what I see, the proposed “tax reform” is being done to let members of Group A be winners and pay less federal income tax and to make members of Group B be losers and pay more federal income tax. Members of Group A typically take the standard deduction and are renters, younger, do not have major medical or dental expenses, and are Democrats. Members of Group B typically itemize their deductions and are homeowners, older, have major medical and/or dental expenses, and are Republicans.)
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/Republican-tax-plan-grapples-with-winners-and-12357552.php

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES INTRODUCED BY SIX DEMOCRATS CALLING FOR HEARINGS TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY – JASON LE MIERE
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-impeachment-articles-democrats-president-711525
— JOE BIDEN WOULD CRUSH DONALD TRUMP IF 2020 ELECTION HAPPENED NOW, POLL SHOWS – GREG PRICE
http://www.newsweek.com/biden-trump-2020-crush-poll-711944

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.