September 17 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chicago marijuana sales will be banned downtown, Mayor Lightfoot says in proposed ordinance (DIERSEN: Wherever pot is sold, it will bring down everything around it.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/mayors-proposed-ordinance-for-chicago-marijuana-sales-includes-downtown-sale-ban/5546922/
— Democrats on House Judiciary Committee hold 1st impeachment hearing for Trump – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/house-judiciary-committee-holds-1st-impeachment-hearing/5545747/
— NC high school cheerleaders on probation after posing with Trump 2020 sign
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/cheerleaders-on-probation-after-posing-with-trump-2020-sign/5545365/

NBC5
— Dispensaries Would be Banned From Downtown Chicago Under Proposed Marijuana Rules Dispensaries would not be permitted within 500 feet of schools under the proposed plan (DIERSEN: Wherever pot is sold, it will bring down everything around it.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/proposed-marijuana-rules-would-keep-dispensaries-out-of-downtown-chicago-560611451.html

CBS2
— College Of DuPage Faculty Union Votes To Authorize Strike
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/09/17/college-of-dupage-strike-vote/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No public weed consumption under Lightfoot’s proposed recreational marijuana zoning rules  The mayor would also prohibit the sale of legal weed in the Central Business District, within 500 feet of schools and in districts zoned ‘residential.’ – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Wherever pot is sold, it will bring down everything around it.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/17/20870465/recreational-marijuana-pot-chicago-zoning-rules-mayor-lori-lightfoot
— Chicago reparations movement opts for a go-slow approach – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Who would the Democrats pick in your precinct to determine how much reparations each resident of your precinct a) should pay and b) should get? What criteria will they use?) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/9/17/20870785/chicago-reparations-resolution-commission-willie-wilson-city-council

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Legal marijuana dispensaries would be banned in most of downtown Chicago under Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed zoning rules – GREGORY PRATT and LAUREN ZUMBACH (DIERSEN: Wherever pot is sold, it will bring down everything around it.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-dispensary-rules-zoning-lightfoot-20190917-j5scteu2gfhute2d5o2nqle7ce-story.html
— Potency, access and overconsumption have Elgin police worried with legalized pot on the horizon – GLORIA CASAS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-elgin-police-bracing-legal-pot-st-0915-20190917-e4n2ypvchza5hn5f5bio3khggy-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: East Dundee starts process of allowing recreational pot to be sold, taxed in village – ERIN SAUDER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-east-dundee-recreational-pot-sales-st-0918-20190917-3plg4xjw3ja7rgejf2yefeladi-story.html
— Review of shelter data finds high numbers of ex-convicts – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-ct–homeless-shelters-ex-convicts-20190917-story.html
— TRAGIC, DISGUSTING: Oak Park votes 4-3 to allow recreational marijuana businesses as permitted use – STEVE SCHERING
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/ct-oak-recreational-marijuana-tl-0919-20190917-wjdqn66zfnbkradv5utlc4dcxe-story.html
— Officials say it’s too early to tell what should be done with more than 2,000 fetal remains found at abortion doc’s home in Will County – GRANT MORGAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-too-early-to-tell-2000-fetal-remains-st-0918-20190917-5uuru22r7natrfnbkqmucdx5we-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Cronin: DuPage can’t afford county clerk’s big requested budget increase for elections – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190917/cronin-dupage-cant-afford-county-clerks-big-requested-budget-increase-for-elections

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— No weed sales downtown: Team Lightfoot The mayor debuts her first moves into regulating recreational marijuana in the city. – A.D. QUIG (DIERSEN: Wherever pot is sold, it will bring down everything around it.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/no-weed-sales-downtown-team-lightfoot
— Lightfoot tries to walk a narrow line with pot plan The mayor aims to maximize city tax revenue and boost neighborhood equity, in part by banning sales downtown. How’s that going to work out? – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: Wherever pot is sold, it will bring down everything around it.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/lightfoot-tries-walk-narrow-line-pot-plan

WGN TV
— Most downtown legal marijuana dispensaries would be banned under mayor’s proposal
https://wgntv.com/2019/09/17/most-downtown-legal-marijuana-dispensaries-would-be-banned-under-mayors-proposal/

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— In era of legal pot, can police search cars based on odor? – AP
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/nation/in-era-of-legal-pot-can-police-search-cars-based/article_6201e630-d885-11e9-a7ae-f7c110c12c72.html

FOREST PARK REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.forestparkreview.com/News/Articles/9-17-2019/Yes,-on-recreational-marijuana-sales/

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Democrats should be very, very worried – Editorial
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/other-view-democrats-should-be-very-very-worried/article_ec0498c0-d982-11e9-b677-df17e381773f.html

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Evanston moves forward with recreational marijuana legalization – Samantha Handler
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/09/17/city/evanston-moves-forward-with-recreational-marijuana-legalization/

WAND
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Danville gives green light to recreational marijuana sales tax
https://www.wandtv.com/news/danville-gives-green-light-to-recreational-marijuana-sales-tax/article_0330136c-d9b0-11e9-906e-5fb9e8f466d2.html

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Convicted Of A Weed Crime? Expungement Clinic Aims To Help People Clear Their Records In West Loop This Weekend During the clinic, volunteer attorneys will be on hand to provide free legal advice and begin the record-clearing and expungement process. – Mauricio Peña (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future.)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/09/17/busted-for-a-weed-crime-expungement-clinic-aims-to-help-clear-low-level-convictions-in-west-loop-this-weekend/

JEANNE IVES FOR CONGRESS
— Ives Responds to Casten Hyping Kavanaugh Impeachment Sean Casten supports politically-motivated smear campaigns over due process because he is an ideological extremist. 
https://mailchi.mp/39766d1e8c39/ives-responds-to-casten-hyping-kavanaugh-impeachment

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Pension reform should be top priority, Ives says – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513524361-pension-reform-should-be-top-priority-ives-says

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Pecatonica Township bans critic from attending meetings – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/09/pecatonica-township-bans-critic-from-attending-meetings/

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/17/looking-on-the-bright-side-9/
— Fear and loathing in Itasca
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/17/fear-and-loathing-in-itasca/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— School board in Texas fires teacher who reported ‘illegal students’ to Trump – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/17/georgia-clark-carter-riverside-high-school-teacher/

BREITBART
— Poll: 3-in-4 Swing Voters Oppose Democrats’ Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Aliens – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/17/poll-3-in-4-swing-voters-oppose-democrats-drivers-licenses-for-illegal-aliens/

EPOCH TIMES
— White House Calls for Investigation of Abortion Doctor Who Had Over 2,000 Fetal Remains – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/white-house-calls-for-investigation-of-abortion-doctor-who-had-over-2000-fetal-remains_3084827.html

HUFFINGTON POST
— Hillary Clinton Slams Facebook For Allowing ‘Trump’s Propaganda’ To Thrive In rebuking the platform, the 2016 presidential candidate cited a “disturbing” report on the Trump campaign’s deceptions. – Amy Russo
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-facebook-ads-propaganda_n_5d814175e4b05f8fb6eeff0e

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “border fence construction could destroy archaeological sites.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/border-fence-construction-could-destroy-archaeological-sites-national-park-service-finds/2019/09/17/35338b18-d64b-11e9-9343-40db57cf6abd_story.html
— Trump’s effort to court Hispanic voters isn’t as crazy as it sounds – Henry Olsen (DIERSEN: Which candidates, if any, court voters who share your demographics? Democrat and RINO candidates do little or nothing to court voters who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/17/trumps-effort-court-hispanic-voters-isnt-crazy-it-sounds/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Don’t Cancel the GOP Primaries Trump has nothing to fear if he’s as popular as the polls say. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-cancel-the-gop-primaries-11568753944

FORBES
— 5 Keys To Retaining Millennial Employees, The ‘Job-Hopper’ Generation – Ashley Stahl
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2019/09/17/5-keys-to-retaining-millennial-employees-the-job-hopper-generation/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— How to watch the first-ever 2020 Republican presidential debate – Grace Panetta
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-watch-republican-presidential-debate-2019-9

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Is Tucker Carlson the Most Important Pundit in America? – Park MacDougald
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/09/is-tucker-carlson-the-most-important-pundit-in-america.html

ATLANTIC
— American Migration Patterns Should Terrify the GOP Millennial movers have hastened the growth of left-leaning metros in southern red states such as Texas, Arizona, and Georgia. It could be the biggest political story of the 2020s. – Derek Thompson
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/american-migration-patterns-should-terrify-gop/598153/

CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
— The Harvest of American Racism Why Distressed Communities Are Distressed – Olugbenga Ajilore (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame all problems on Republicans.)
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/news/2019/09/17/474567/harvest-american-racism/

FED SMITH
— Agencies Told to Improve Job Candidate Assessments (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/agencies-told-to-improve-job-candidate-assessments/

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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.