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/
KOENIG RUBLOFF
— FOR SALE: 1020 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $984,000
https://www.koenigrubloff.com/homes-for-sale/1020-S-Wheaton-Avenue-Wheaton-IL-60189-280420207