DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: Naperville resident organizing rallies against recreational pot
– Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190829/naperville-resident-organizing-rallies-against-recreational-pot
(FROM THE ARTICLE:
Jennifer Bruzan Taylor does not want her children living near recreational
marijuana dispensaries. She feels so strongly about the issue that she’s
organizing a movement encouraging her hometown to #OptOutNaperville. Bruzan
Taylor is one of about 15 people planning rallies to push the Naperville City
Council to prohibit recreational marijuana shops from opening under the
Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, which goes into effect Jan. 1. The city could
enact a ban as soon as Tuesday; the issue is expected to be up for a vote
during a meeting at 7 p.m. in the municipal center at 400 S. Eagle St. The Opt
Out Naperville movement is hosting rallies at 10 a.m. Saturday in Central Park
and 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Free Speech Pavilion along the Riverwalk to gather
people who want the ban put into effect. Bruzan Taylor said she expects around
100 people to attend the Saturday event. “I would never have moved here if
we had opted into selling recreational marijuana,” said Bruzan Taylor, a
Naperville native who moved back to her hometown because of its strong
reputation as a kid-friendly place. “I would have picked a suburb that
didn’t.” In Chicago, where Bruzan Taylor and her family lived for about 10
years, she said neighbors using marijuana in their condo building would
overwhelm the place with the smell of weed. If Naperville allows shops selling
the drug for recreational purposes, she said she fears the same would happen in
the state’s fourth-largest city. “I know it’s supposed to be on private
property only,” she said about recreational use. “And yet, that’s not
what happens.” . . . Bruzan Taylor hopes Naperville leaders will decide
the best location for these businesses is nowhere. “I just don’t see this
as being good for Naperville economically and also for its image as being
family conscious,” she said. “I decided to organize this (rallies) in
order to show the councilmen that people in Naperville care about this.”)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Illinois awards its first five recreational
marijuana licenses, including locations in Naperville, Mundelein – ALLY MAROTTI
and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-first-recreational-marijuana-licenses-20190829-5hyrbyzn25evrdcqbyaf2l4zoe-story.html
— Impeach Trump? More and more Democrats realize there’s no harm in asking. –
Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-trump-impeachment-inquiry-momentum-illinois-zorn-20190829-zwch5xqi6zfd3kajkqltxa4z5m-story.html
— Mayor Lightfoot’s ‘mayday’ moment for Chicago — and Illinois – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-lori-lightfoot-mayor-pension-tax-20190830-auyuhzkvcrcqbjgpw6zy5qkdn4-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: First 5 recreational pot shops get state OK,
but potential conflict emerges Illinois is expected to license dozens more
dispensaries in the weeks ahead. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/8/29/20838696/illinois-first-recreational-marijuana-licenses
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot warns of ‘hard choices’ and ‘sacrifice’ ahead: ‘We
don’t have a moment to lose’ Lightfoot said her two principles in guiding her
revenue options are relieving the financial burden of those who can least
afford it, and working to not drive businesses out of Chicago. – Tina Sfondeles
and Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/8/29/20839535/lori-lightfoot-speech-city-budget-prime-time-live-stream
— And it’s off — Arlington racino rejection another sign new gambling law is
flawed This is exactly the sort of thing that can happen when the state
Legislature moves awfully darn fast on a big bill that has many moving parts. –
Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/8/29/20838812/arlington-park-racino-legislature-capital-bill-pritzker-illinois-general-assembly
ABC7
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot says city faces $838M budget deficit in State of the
City address – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/lightfoot-says-city-faces-$838m-budget-deficit/5501510/
— City of Milwaukee urges everyone to stop vaping immediately, 16 hospitalized
with chemical pneumonia
https://abc7chicago.com/health/city-of-milwaukee-urges-everyone-to-stop-vaping-immediately/5500947/
NBC5
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot Says Chicago Has $838 Million Budget Deficit in Speech
The mayor confirmed the number in her state of the city address
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/mayor-lori-lightfoot-says-city-has-838-million-budget-deficit-558745651.html
CBS2
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot Says City Has $838 Million Budget Shortfall, Warns Of
Consequences If Casino, Pension Reform Don’t Go Through
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/08/29/mayor-lori-lightfoot-says-city-has-838-million-budget-shortfall-warns-of-consequences-if-casino-pension-reform-dont-go-through/
FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Walsh: ‘I’ll get in Trump’s face every day’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/walsh-i-ll-get-in-trump-s-face-every-day-
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/heres-where-recreational-pot-could-first-be-sold-illinois
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/weed-company-plans-stores-river-north-gold-coast
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Afzal to make second run for DuPage County Board seat
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/08/28/afzal-to-make-second-run-for-dupage-county-board-seat/aomp2ln/
FOX ILLINOIS
— How to get your cannabis charges expunged – Nikki McGee (DIERSEN: Doing
things that are illegal demonstrates your disrespect for the rule of law. Your
past predicts your future.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/how-to-get-your-cannabis-charges-expunged
— US Surgeon General issues warning on marijuana use in young adults and
pregnant women – Kristine Frazao
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/us-surgeon-general-issues-warning-on-marijuana-use-in-young-adults-and-pregnant-women
WQAD
— There are more single working women than ever (DIERSEN: Democrats do
everything that they can to destroy traditional marriage and the traditional
family.)
https://wqad.com/2019/08/29/there-are-more-single-working-women-than-ever-and-thats-changing-the-us-economy/
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— DuPage County Board Debates Marijuana – Christine Lena
https://www.nctv17.com/news/dupage-county-board-debates-marijuana/
KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— Oswego survey finds widespread support for local marijuana businesses More
than 1,300 responded to online survey – JOHN ETHEREDGE (DIERSEN: How many pot
pushers are there in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality,
in your township/ward, and in your county? I do not want to have anything to do
with pot pushers.)
https://www.kendallcountynow.com/2019/08/29/breaking-oswego-survey-finds-widespread-support-for-local-marijuana-businesses/an42lh8/
CENTER SQUARE
— Overdue, outdated financial report shows Illinois’ deficit grew by $6
billion – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/overdue-outdated-financial-report-shows-illinois-deficit-grew-by-billion/article_ec188344-ca87-11e9-aafe-8399b08f65f9.html
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Former Rauner aide Ben Noble posts, then removes, attack on Ives
congressional bid – W.J. Kennedy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513295276-former-rauner-aide-posts-then-removes-attack-on-ives-congressional-bid
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PRITZKER SIGNS AFSCME DEAL COSTING TAXPAYERS $3.6 BILLION MORE THAN IT
NEEDED TO – Adam Schuster
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-signs-afscme-deal-costing-taxpayers-3-6-billion-more-than-it-needed-to/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— If you care about journalism, you’re defending Brian Karem and Joel Pollack Both do actual journalism, and petty politicians have no right to sit in judgment. – Tiana Lowe (DIERSEN: I should write a book about petty politicians who have sat in judgment of me since 2000.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/if-you-care-about-journalism-youre-defending-brian-karem-and-joel-pollack
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Snowflakery knows no political bent, and hostility towards the free press is a grievance centuries older than the First Amendment. The twin tales of Playboy’s Brian Karem and Breitbart’s Joel Pollak exemplifies the oft ignored fact that people in power of all political stripes simply despise answering to the Fourth Estate. Karem’s currently fighting the Trump administration in the courtroom to reclaim his hard pass, which the White House suspended following the journalist’s verbal sparring match with an equally belligerent Sebastian Gorka during the president’s social media summit in the Rose Garden. Beto O’Rourke staffers booted Pollak from a campaign event, with the 2020 longshot’s spokeswoman lambasting as “hateful” and bordering on “perpetrat[ing] hate speech.” Both fights are absurd, and not because of the journalists prolonging them. Neither Karem nor Pollak have hidden their ideological or partisan affinities. The Playboy White House correspondent openly excoriates the president on Twitter, while Pollak’s persona and outlet are openly conservative. But both do actual journalism, and petty politicians have no right to sit in judgment. As long as they’re going to claim they support a free press, the Trumps and Betos of the world must tolerate the scrutiny, tough questions, and even intentional rhetorical provocations that come as a natural responsibility of power.)
FOX NEWS
— Mark Levin: ‘Unpatriotic’ news media hates Trump, treats ‘half of America’
contemptuously – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mark-levin-unpatriotic-media-hates-trump
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Liberal media can’t handle minorities who praise Donald Trump – Jeffery
Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30910-assault-america-day-239-liberal-media-can%E2%80%99t-handle-minorities-who-praise-donald-trump
DAILY CALLER
— The Media Is Making It Very Lucrative To Sabotage Trump – ADAM WEISS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/29/weiss-media-trump/
TOWNHALL
— Kansas Professors Demand University Remove ‘Bastion Of Bigotry’ Chick-Fil-A
From Campus – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/08/29/kansas-professors-demand-university-ditchbastion-of-bigotry-chickfila-n2552388
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Will the Growing Acceptance of Cannabis Send Drug-Screening Policies Up in
Smoke? (DIERSEN: Are you an employee? How stoned will your employer allow its
employees to be?)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/will-growing-acceptance-cannabis-send-drug-screening-policies-smoke
EPOCH TIMES
— The Hypocritical Accusations that Donald Trump Is Racist – Deneen Borelli
https://m.theepochtimes.com/the-hypocritical-accusations-that-donald-trump-is-racist_3061947.html
NEWSWEEK
— FOX NEWS’ JEANINE PIRRO CLAIMS DEMOCRATS PLOTTING TO ‘REPLACE AMERICAN CITIZENS
WITH ILLEGALS’ – CHRISTINA ZHAO (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the
Democrats who ran the agency focused on replacing their Republican, White,
male, and/or older employees with Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger
employees. Ever-increasingly, the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party,
DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central
Committee, America, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton focus
on replacing those who are White, male, and/or older with those who are
minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-jeanine-pirro-claims-democrats-plotting-replace-american-citizens-illegals-1456889
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
— How to fight age discrimination in the workplace – Rachel Ranosa (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative
Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and up-or-out to get rid of their Republican employees
who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.hcamag.com/us/news/general/how-to-fight-age-discrimination-in-the-workplace/176571
