FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Escalating number of Naperville gun seizures part of ‘disturbing trend,’ DuPage County state’s attorney says – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-machine-gun-traffic-stop-st-0317-20230317-isnh74ooyzc7hmombm2jhozqhq-story.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/escalating-number-naperville-gun-seizures-000400479.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Berlin said the number of cases of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon in the county has increased 195% in the last three years. In 2022, his office charged 121 unlawful use of a weapon cases, up from 82 in 2021, 69 in 2020 and 41 in 2019, he said. “We see more people, especially felons, who just have no regard for the law whatsoever,” Berlin said. “And it’s as if they feel there’s not going to be consequences, until they get charged in DuPage County and they find out otherwise. “It’s a very disturbing trend,” he said.)
— Democrats say “Dan Proft corrects $3 million typo on campaign finance report following complaint by Democrats.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-dan-proft-amends-campaign-finance-20230316-am2qp276qre77bms3jt3qfxqoq-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Limited outreach resources for unhoused CTA riders.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/afternoon-edition-newsletter/2023/3/16/23643032/chicago-news-roundup
NBC5
— Democrats say “Chicago Council Approves Funding to Address Chicago’s Influx of Migrants.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/city-council-approves-funding-to-address-chicagos-influx-of-migrants/3097324/
FOX32
— Democrats acknowledge “Tensions flare at Chicago City Council meeting over Lightfoot’s handling of migrant crisis.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tensions-flare-chicago-city-council-meeting-lightfoot-migrant-crisis
— Democrats ask “Who will be Trump’s running mate in 2024? and say “Some in GOP already lobbying for VP.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trumps-running-mate-2024
WBEZ
— Democrats say “Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson agree: Legalize video gambling in Chicago.” I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because of my fight against video gambling since 2009. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-mayoral-candidates-support-legalized-video-gambling/a74b60af-1535-440e-b7a3-38113d22c919
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Democrats ever-increasingly push gambling.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/2023/03/16/rockford-casino-generated-near-record-revenue-in-february-2023/69991299007/
STATELINE
— Democrats ask “Trump’s VP?” and say “Some in GOP already jockeying for consideration.”
https://www.mystateline.com/news/politics/trumps-vp-some-in-gop-already-jockeying-for-consideration/
WQAD
— Democrats say “Illinois teachers pushing for training to prevent racial harassments. The ‘Racism-Free Schools Act’ aims to protect students and teachers of color from acts of racism that often go unreported.” To paint me as being a racist, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that none of my Crete-Monee High School, Hope Lutheran Grade School, or Trinity Lutheran Grade school classmates, teachers, or administrators were minorities.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/education/illinois-teachers-pushing-for-training-to-prevent-racial-harassments-schools-equality/526-69cd7d29-d9dc-4134-ad70-6257b4e173cb
Q98.5
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot.
https://q985online.com/illinois-marijuana-legalization-jobs/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats say “Pence says whether Trump drops out if indicted is up to him.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/pence-says-whether-trump-drops-out-if-indicted-is-up-to-him/
— Democrats say “Senate Republicans distance themselves from DeSantis’s Ukraine stance.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/senate-republicans-distance-themselves-from-desantiss-ukraine-stance/
— Democrats say “Trump-allied super PAC files ethics complaint against DeSantis over shadow presidential campaign.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-allied-super-pac-files-ethics-complaint-against-desantis-over-shadow-presidential-campaign/
WAND TV
— Democrats say “Illinois House Republicans demand reforms to attract businesses.”
https://www.wandtv.com/community/illinois-house-republicans-demand-reforms-to-attract-businesses/article_80ce0ca4-c389-11ed-b153-e3e0601c4194.html
— Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly do everything that they can to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family.
https://www.wandtv.com/community/bill-repealing-archaic-marriage-prohibitions-passes-out-of-illinois-house/article_c06dadec-c44c-11ed-988e-27fc2095222d.html
DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
— Democrats say “DuPage County Forms Committee To Tackle Affordable Housing.” My wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978. We could have bought a much newer and much larger home in a lower cost area. We had a home built in Wheaton in 1984. We could have had much larger home built in a lower cost area.
https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/dupage-county-forms-committee-tackle-affordable-housing
CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/03/17/morning-briefing-38/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/03/16/afternoon-roundup-51/
— Democrats say Chicago roundup.
https://capitolfax.com/2023/03/16/that-toddlin-town-roundup-13/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
BOB BERLIN
— Chicago Man Sentenced to Twenty Years for Attempting to Carjack a Woman at Gunpoint in Downers Grove
https://www.bobberlin.com/news/chicago-man-sentenced-dg-carjacking
DUPAGE COUNTY
— Chicago Man Sentenced to Twenty Years for Attempting to Carjack a Woman at Gunpoint in Downers Grove
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/news_detail_T2_R760.php
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois legislators push for access to fentanyl testing strips, stricter punishments for dealers – Andrew Hensel
https://www.cities929.com/2023/03/16/illinois-legislators-push-for-access-to-fentanyl-testing-strips-stricter-punishments-for-dealers/
— Illinois legislators push for access to fentanyl testing strips, stricter punishments for dealers – Andrew Hensel
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Keith Pekau Rages Against “Progressive” School Board Candidate Forum Despite Honoring “Progressive” Liberal Rep. Marie Newman Who Supports Vaccinating Children
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/03/keith-pekau-rages-against-progressive-school-board-candidate-forum-despite-honoring-progressive-liberal-rep-marie-newman-who-supports-vaccinating-children.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP senators push law to codify Supreme Court’s Second Amendment ruling – Alex Swoyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/16/gop-senators-push-law-codify-supreme-courts-second/
— Private company NewsGuard on defense in GOP crackdown on Big Tech censorship – Joseph Clark
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/16/private-company-newsguard-defense-gop-crackdown-bi/
— Defund liberals on campus: Radicals don’t really want diversity and inclusion – Scott Walker
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/16/defund-liberals-on-campus-radicals-dont-really-wan/
— Trump scores big by earning disapproval of globalists – Cheryl K. Chumley (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who disapprove of me and disapprove of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/16/donald-trump-scores-big-by-earning-disapproval-of-/
— Liberals will never leave gun owners alone – David Keene
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/15/liberals-will-never-leave-gun-owners-alone/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DeSantis takes aim at Florida social studies textbooks for critical race theory – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/florida-desantis-public-schools-social-studies-curriculum-crt
— Five takeaways from Biden Border Patrol chief’s revealing testimony – Mark Morgan and Tom Homan
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/takeaways-border-patrol-chief-testimony
— Teacher courses promoting critical race theory were funded by pandemic relief – Brendan Clarey
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/teacher-courses-promoting-critical-race-theory-were-funded-by-pandemic-relief
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot slammed at meeting: ‘Get the hell out of my city’ – Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
https://nypost.com/2023/03/16/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-slammed-at-meeting-get-the-hell-out-of-my-city/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Journalist William Kelly, a frequent adversary of Lightfoot, berated the outgoing mayor for her botched leadership, including her response to the COVID-19 pandemic, during a public comment portion of the meeting. “You shut down our schools, you shut down the churches, you shut down the businesses,” Kelly railed, according to a video posted by Forbes. “You did the one thing that I thought could never happen,” he said. “As someone who was born and raised on the south side of Chicago, I never thought in my life that I would ever see the city of Chicago brought down so low as you have managed to bring it down. “Shame on you,” Kelly said. “That is a legacy that you are going to have to carry.”)
— Team Biden’s charging 1,000 more with Jan. 6 crimes to perpetuate a fake political emergency. – James Bovard
https://nypost.com/2023/03/16/team-bidens-charging-1000-more-with-jan-6-crimes-to-perpetuate-fake-political-emergency/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Which matters more to the New York Times: The First Amendment, or protecting Democrats? – David Zukerman
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/03/which_matters_more_to_the_new_york_times_the_first_amendment_or_protecting_democrats.html
— Segregate the sexes in sports! – Jonathan Colvin
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/03/segregate_the_sexes_in_sports.html
— Tucker goes there — predicts a hot war with Russia (and maybe China) leading to wartime crushing of political dissent – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/03/tucker_goes_there__predicts_a_hot_war_with_russia_and_maybe_china_leading_to_wartime_crushing_of_political_dissent.html
BREITBART
— Conservative Heritage Action Group Calls on House to Repeal Iraq War Authorizations – KRISTINA WONG
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/03/16/conservative-heritage-action-group-calls-on-house-to-repeal-iraq-war-authorization/
CENTER SQUARE TEXAS
— Texas sheriff: County ‘under siege’ with escalating border crisis. ‘I’m fighting so hard so we don’t lose the county.’ – Bethany Blankley
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_353cc59e-c3f4-11ed-8618-0384acb9b925.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Police Lt. Explains How Cartels Are Taking Advantage of Biden’s Open Border Policies – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/03/16/behind-scenes-look-mexican-cartels-smuggling-routes-methods/
DAILY WIRE
— Kamala Harris Has No Idea What Her Job Duties Are – Tim Meads
https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-kamala-harris-has-no-idea-what-her-job-duties-are
— Defense Department Spends $130,000 A Day On Unused Border Wall Materials – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.dailywire.com/news/defense-department-spends-130000-a-day-on-unused-border-wall-materials-report
EPOCH TIMES
— Billionaire Investor Ken Griffin Warns US Capitalism ‘Breaking Down’ – Jack Phillips
https://www.theepochtimes.com/billionaire-investor-ken-griffin-warns-us-capitalism-breaking-down_5122894.html
— IRS has consistently answered 85 to 90 percent of phone calls from taxpayers during the current tax preparation period, up from 13 percent a year ago – Lawrence Wilson (COMMENT: During 1974, as a 25-year-old GS-11 (currently $76,990/year) Revenue Officer, I supervised all of the IRS employees, which included a rotating staff of about 90 Revenue Agent trainees, in IRS’s new downtown Chicago office who answered taxpayer questions using IRS’s new CentiPhone system. Because of my performance, IRS promoted me to GS-12 (currently $92,279/year). But then, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers (SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11 ) and got rid of the IRS manager who had a) promoted me to GS-9 (currently $63,633) in 1972, b) promoted me to GS-11 in 1973, c) got me the CentiPhone Manager assignment, and d) promoted me to GS-12 in 1974.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/irs-call-return-rate-rises-above-80-percent-with-4000-new-employees-yellen_5128528.html
FEDERALIST
— Kamala Harris’ Husband: The Holocaust And Going To A School Board Meeting Are ‘Interconnected’ – JORDAN BOYD
https://thefederalist.com/2023/03/15/kamala-harris-husband-the-holocaust-and-going-to-a-school-board-meeting-are-interconnected/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— February Border Encounters Show Illegal Immigration Isn’t Abating, It’s Just Being Rerouted.
https://www.fairus.org/press-releases/border-security/february-border-encounters-show-illegal-immigration-isnt-abating-its
FOX NEWS
— Lori Lightfoot confronted by reporter who was booted from press briefings: ‘Get the hell out of my city’ William J. Kelly filed lawsuit against Chicago mayor over press credentials being revoked – Taylor Penley
https://www.foxnews.com/media/lori-lightfoot-confronted-reporter-booted-press-briefings-get-hell-city
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chicago-reporter-confronts-lori-lightfoot-121017909.html
— China has a plan to lead the world. What’s ours? – David McCormick
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/china-plan-lead-world-what-ours
— Loyola professor claims organized pantries are rooted in ‘racist and sexist’ social structures. The new ‘pantry porn’ trend is a modern status symbol for White women, the Chicago professor says. – Nikolas Lanum
https://www.foxnews.com/media/loyola-professor-organized-pantries-rooted-racist-sexist-social-structures
— Biden punishing all US with gun control, while ‘his own’ liberal cities are plagued by crime. Biden touted his plan in California, home to the last assault weapons ban author, Sen. Dianne Feinstein. – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-punishing-all-us-gun-control-while-own-liberal-cities-crime-problems-critics
— Pence spotlights chasm with Trump, DeSantis, on support for Ukraine, as former VP visits key primary state. Former Vice President Pence emphasizes that ‘the war in Ukraine is not a territorial dispute. It is a Russian invasion’ – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pence-spotlights-chasm-trump-desantis-support-ukraine-former-vp-visits-key-primary-state
GOPUSA
— Democrats Remain The ‘Defund Police’ Party
https://www.gopusa.com/dems-remain-the-defund-police-party-says-veteran-cop/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Ron DeSantis Tries to Have It Both Ways on Ukraine
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/03/ron-desantis-tries-to-have-it-both-ways-on-ukraine/
PJ MEDIA
— On the Challenge of Defining ‘Woke’ – BEN BARTEE
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/benbartee/2023/03/16/on-the-challenge-of-defining-woke-n1678923
TOWNHALL
— More Than Half of Democrats Say Their Lives Will Never Return to Pre-Covid ‘Normal’ – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2023/03/16/more-than-half-of-democrats-say-their-lives-will-never-return-to-pre-covid-normal-n2620580
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES
THE HILL
— America is abandoning rationality to justify illegal immigration – JOSEPH CHAMIE
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/3903719-america-is-abandoning-rationality-to-justify-illegal-immigration/
CBS NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: Democrats say “Florida bill targeting “diversity, equity, or inclusion” on college campuses advances to state Senate. Democrats ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-hb-999-diversity-equity-inclusion-college-campus-bill-advances/
MSN
— To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-those in traditional marriages, anti-rich people, anti-home owners, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-Germans American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/why-conservatives-don-t-want-to-say-what-woke-means/vi-AA18GEIV
— Democrats ever-increasingly use 1619 to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/the-1619-project/vi-AA18JbQH
REUTERS
— Democrats say that Duckworth says that “US must boost air traffic control staff as travel demand rises.” GAO works for Congress. I worked for GAO on an audit of the Federal Aviation Administration’s programs for modernizing air traffic control computer systems.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/senator-says-us-must-boost-air-traffic-control-staffing-2023-03-16/
NEW YORK TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Florida Scoured Math Textbooks for ‘Prohibited Topics.’ Ever-increasingly, Democrats use everything to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/us/florida-textbooks-african-american-history.html
— Democrats say “China’s leader will visit Russia next week.” In WWIII, which countries will side with the United States?
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/03/17/world/russia-ukraine-news
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Senators beginning effort to repeal Iraq War authorization.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/16/iraq-war-military-force-repeal-senate-saddam/4b51b2d4-c414-11ed-82a7-6a87555c1878_story.html
USA TODAY
— Democrats say “Trump’s blistering attacks on Gov. Ron DeSantis continue” and ask “Will he ever hit back?”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/16/ron-desantis-donald-trump-campaign/11476067002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: To get votes from White-haters and to get votes from men-haters, Democrats ever-increasingly promote hatred against Whites and against men.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/money/2023/03/16/men-run-corporate-america/11173762002/
BOSTON GLOBE
— Democrats ever-increasingly use White supremacists to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/03/16/opinion/potent-white-supremacist-tool-propaganda/
TENNESSEE TRIBUNE
— Democrats ever-increasingly use White supremacists to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://tntribune.com/women-of-color-lose-billions-due-to-white-supremacy/
FORBES
— Democrats say “GOP’s Anti-Ukraine Funding Faction: What DeSantis, Trump, Greene And Other Far-Right Republicans Say About The War.” Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint conservatives as being pro-Putin.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/03/16/gops-anti-ukraine-funding-faction-what-desantis-trump-greene-and-other-far-right-republicans-say-about-the-war/
BLOOMBERG
— Democrats say “Blaming SVB on ‘woke’ banks masks Republican divide.”
https://thebrunswicknews.com/news/business/jonathan-bernstein-blaming-svb-on-woke-banks-masks-republican-divide/article_78b44760-fead-5b2c-b0ac-f179d0bedf94.html
24/7 WALL STREET
— How Much Members of the US Military Are Paid at Every Pay Grade – Maria Wood (COMMENT: DeSantis made the Navy rank of Lieutenant Commander when he was 28 in 2006. The equivalent civilian GS grade is 12. I made GS-12 in 1974 (currently $92,279/year) when I was a 25-year-old IRS Revenue Officer. I made GS-13 (currently $109,732/year) in 1986 when I was a 38-year-old GAO Analyst. The equivalent Navy rank is Commander. (SEE: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/c/comparison-of-military-and-civilian-equivalent-grades.html ) My ending GAO salary was $142,650/year (GS-13 Step 10) in today’s dollars. According to my critics/opponents, federal employees are failures if they do not make GS-13 by age 25, GS-14 by age 30, GS-15 (currently $129,671/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $183,500/year) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. How soon, if not already, will DeSantis’ critics/opponents paint his military career as being a failure, and therefore, that he is a failure? Since 1973 when I turned 25 years old, because I failed to make GS-13, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a failure. Further, according to them, IRS should not have promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, to GS-11 in 1973, or to GS-12 in 1974 and GAO should not have promoted me to GS-13 in 1986.)
https://247wallst.com/special-report/2023/03/13/how-much-members-of-the-us-military-are-paid-at-every-pay-grade/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Soon, if not already, a) 100% of federal employees will be Democrats and b) 100% of them will be most if not virtually all of the following: liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have major financial, health, and/or other problems, and/or those who are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2023/03/better-data-needed-evidence-based-deia-policies/384045/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Kamala Harris Slams Ron DeSantis’ Ukraine Statement. The likely 2024 GOP presidential candidate referred to Russia’s war in Ukraine as not one of America’s “many vital national interests.” How old are you? I am 74. How have your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes used the Viet Nam War against you? I should write a book about how my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used the Viet Nam War and my avoiding the Viet Nam War draft against me.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-ron-desantis-ukraine_n_6412974be4b00c3e6071ceb3
POLITICO
— Democrats say “The ‘territorial dispute’ that took over the GOP primary.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2023/03/16/the-territorial-dispute-that-took-over-the-gop-primary-00086536
— Democrats say “Florida GOP sweats Trump vs. DeSantis.” Which Republican presidential candidate do the following want to win: a) Illinois Republican Party, b) your Republican county party organization, and c) your Republican township/ward party organization?
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/17/florida-gop-trump-desantis-00087527
— Democrats say “Biden becomes increasingly comfortable defying the wishes of his own party.” Biden falsely painted himself as being a centrist to get elected.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/17/biden-republicans-2024-election-strategy-00087562
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Democrats say “DeSantis’s Ukraine Stance Could Blow Up His 2024 Strategy.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/03/desantiss-ukraine-stance-could-blow-up-his-2024-strategy.html
ATLANTIC
— Democrats say “DeSantis Will Betray Ukraine for MAGA Votes.” Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint conservatives as being pro-Putin.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/03/desantis-ukraine-maga-trump/673424/
REASON
— To encourage illegal immigration is treasonous.
https://reason.com/2023/03/16/the-supreme-court-tackles-the-first-amendment-right-to-encourage-illegal-immigration/
SPLC
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to hate Republicans.
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2023/03/16/centering-community-healing-second-anniversary-atlanta-spa-shootings
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Are you a registered Republican voter in DuPage County? If so, who is your Republican Precinct Committeeman? Is he/she elected or an appointed live-in-precinct (LIP) Committeeman? You should ask him/her if the proposed DuPage County Election Division precinct map puts them in the same precinct with one or more other Republican elected or LIP Precinct Committeeman.
By now, elected and LIP DuPage County Republican Precinct Committeemen should have received the proposed precinct map for their township. I have received the proposed Milton Township precinct map. It combines the township’s 130 current precincts into 83 new precincts. As I anticipated, it draws me into the same precinct with Ives like what happened in 2015.
For the new proposed Precinct 9, the north border remains Roosevelt Road, the west border remains the Illinois Prairie Path, the south border is Fairway Lane, and the east border is Naperville Road. All of the expansion comes out of Ives’ Precinct 65.
Of course, one could argue that when two elected or LIP committeemen are drawn into the same precinct, the reason is to get rid of one of them.
My current thinking is that if Ives runs, the precinct is hers; but if she does not run, I will run again.
My current thinking is to try to get the lines for my precinct to be redrawn so that all the expansion is to the west. But I am not optimistic. Things have only gotten worse for me since 2015. Because of that, I do not anticipate that anyone will support my request that the proposed lines for my precinct be redrawn so that all expansion is to the west.
In the 2015 redrawing, Ives was subsequently carved out so we did not have to run against each other, but I lost about 250 voters on the west side of the Prairie Path and I gained about 250 voters east of Warrenville Road in Ives’ old precinct. Since at least 1999 and through 2015, my precinct lines were unchanged and the precinct had about 500 registered voters. But in 2015, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Organization and the DuPage County Republican Central Committee falsely told me that precinct border changes that year would only impact precincts that had more than 1,000 registered voters, and that merely, those precincts would be split.
On Tuesday, the DuPage County Finance Committee received a “Draft DuPage County Precinct Map.” To meet the new 1,200 registered voters per precinct state requirement, many committeemen will have to be drawn into a new precinct with each other. Further, larger precincts necessarily mean that more precincts will contain more government districts. My current precinct and the proposed precinct outrageously include voters in three (west, east, and south) of Wheaton’s four districts. If my precinct was extended to the west, that could have been avoided.
I have asked the DuPage County Election Division to provide me with a detailed version of the Milton Township portion of its proposed precinct map. I have asked that it show where the Republican elected and LIP committeemen live. I am told that an attorney who will verify that the maps comply with state law has not yet been selected.
A revised map is scheduled to be presented to the finance committee on April 11, 2023 with a public hearing. That revised map is to be posted on the County Board website for public review and comment. A new map is scheduled to be presented to the finance committee on May 9, 2023. That map is scheduled to be voted on by the County Board on June 13 or 27, 2023. – Dave Diersen
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