April 17, 2022

FOX32

— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage illegal immigration illegally.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-free-health-care-undocumented-immigrants-ages-55-64

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 1 person killed, 13 others wounded in Chicago shootings since Friday evening. A 15-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl are among the wounded.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2022/4/16/23027954/chicago-weekend-shootings-april

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Politics at the pump: Democrats’ election-year plan to pause gas tax hike sparks backlash from station owners – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-gas-tax-politics-20220416-vktispikgfatvjthz2ume2ylni-story.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— COMMENT: Democrats use Tracey Meares to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2022/04/16/tracey-meares-gets-springfield-high-valedictorian-title-38-years-later/7282972001/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-11: Revised Rankings of Republican Candidates Makes Primary a 2-person, Maybe 3-person Race – John Lopez
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2022/04/16/il11ranking041622/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Joe Biden’s woes grow with youth, independents, Latinos – Cheryl K. Chumley
(COMMENT: To get votes from the following, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promise to use government to give them more preference: those who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/apr/16/joe-bidens-woes-grow-with-youth-independents-latin/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Military institute revives student newspaper critical of school’s equity plans – Jenny Goldsberry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/military-institute-revives-student-newspaper-critical-of-schools-equity-plans
— Hollywood is using Orthodox Jews as a cudgel to bash all people of faith – YAAKOV MENKEN & JONATHAN BRONITSKY
(COMMENT: I should write a book about how my Democrat superiors in the federal government used/forced my Jewish supervisors to take adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was 100% German American, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, conservative, Republican, etc. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/hollywood-is-using-orthodox-jews-as-a-cudgel-to-bash-all-people-of-faith

NEW YORK POST
— Subway shooting suspect Frank James claimed he was fired because of race; employer said he was shoddy machinist – Conor Skelding and Griffin Kelly
(COMMENT: The following frustrated efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me: I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://nypost.com/2022/04/16/frank-james-claimed-he-was-fired-because-of-race/

FOX NEWS
— If they disliked the American century, ‘wait ’til they see the CCP century’: Author Douglas Murray says we wouldn’t have the liberty to complain about human rights abuses under the CCP
https://www.foxnews.com/media/douglas-murray-challenge-disliked-american-century-wait-see-ccp-century
— Boston University professor says Republicans are ‘party of white supremacy’ – Adam Sabes
(COMMENT: To call someone a White supremacist in America today is like calling someone a Jew in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that conservatives are White supremacists.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/boston-university-professor-says-republicans-are-party-of-white-supremacy

AMERICAN THINKER
— America’s failed values are the greatest threat to her survival – Solomon St. Lightstone
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/04/americas_failed_values_are_the_greatest_threat_to_her_survival.html
— Wake Up Call on Race Problems – John Dale Dunn
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/04/charles_murrays_wake_up_call_on_race_problems.html
— School Board Crackup: A Case Study – Nancy Andersen
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/04/school_board_psychosis_a_case_study.html
— You can’t be virtuous if you’re not a leftist – J.A. Frascino
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/04/you_cant_be_virtuous_if_youre_not_a_leftist.html

BREITBART
— Biden Releases 756K Border Crossers, Population Larger than Boston, into American Communities Since Taking Office – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/04/16/court-brief-biden-releases-three-quarters-of-a-million-border-crossers/

CHRISTIAN POST
— 10 reasons why socialism, Marxism are antithetical to biblical Christianity – Joseph Mattera
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/10-reasons-why-socialism-is-antithetical-to-biblical-christianity.html

DAILY WIRE
— 210,000 Illegal Aliens Arrested At Border In March, More Than 80,000 Released Into Country – Tim Meads
https://www.dailywire.com/news/210000-illegal-aliens-arrested-at-border-in-march-more-than-80000-released-into-country
— Florida Rejects Dozens Of Math Books Containing ‘Critical Race Theory’ And Other ‘Indoctrinating Concepts’ – Tim Meads
https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-rejects-dozens-of-math-books-containing-critical-race-theory-and-other-indoctrinating-concepts

PJ MEDIA
— Arrests of Illegal Aliens at the Border Surge to More Than 220,000 in March – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2022/04/16/arrests-of-illegal-aliens-at-the-border-surge-to-more-than-220000-in-march-n1590289

TOWNHALL
— Do Not Lose Your Soul – Marc Little
https://townhall.com/columnists/marclittle/2022/04/17/do-not-lose-your-soul-n2605957

NEW AMERICAN
— In the Name of “Diversity,” Schools Are Dumping Tests and Pursuing Racial Discrimination – Selwyn Duke
(COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, in the name of “Affirmative Action,” the federal government dumped many of its retention and promotion requirements. Ever-increasingly, my job-related education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional license were absolutely worthless. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $88,229-$99,994/year. I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $104,915-$136,387/year. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://thenewamerican.com/in-the-name-of-diversity-schools-are-dumping-tests-and-pursuing-racial-discrimination/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why we must fight Biden’s equity agenda
https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/04/why-we-must-fight-bidens-equity-agenda/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Disney faces ‘overwhelming’ backlash after ‘their support for sexualizing kids in kindergarten’ – Leonardo Briceno
https://thepostmillennial.com/disney-overwhelming-backlash-support-sexualizing-kids-kindergarten

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— False Narratives About Race Week in Education – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/04/false-narratives-about-race-week-in-education/
— 17 Gangs Behind L.A.’s String of 200-Plus ‘Follow-Home’ Robberies. LAPD Police Captain: “In my 34 years in the LAPD, I have never seen this type of criminal behavior in such large groups coordinating to conduct attacks on unsuspecting citizens to take their property and/or vehicles.” – Leslie Eastman
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats run America. Because the Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime, expect that under the Democrats, crime will ever-increasingly increase.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/04/17-gangs-behind-l-a-s-string-of-200-plus-follow-home-robberies/

EPOCH TIMES
— 4th Texas Bus Drops Off Illegal Immigrants Near US Capitol – Zachary Stieber
https://www.theepochtimes.com/4th-texas-bus-drops-off-illegal-immigrants-near-us-capitol_4408560.html
— Cartels Are Preparing for Influx of People Never Seen Before in US History
https://www.theepochtimes.com/goliad-sheriff-cartels-are-preparing-for-influx-of-people-never-seen-before-in-us-history_4406523.html
— Schools Use Woke Ideology to Hide Dismal Teacher Performance, Harming Minorities the Most – JAN JEKIELEK
https://www.theepochtimes.com/luke-rosiak-schools-use-woke-ideology-to-hide-dismal-teacher-performance-harming-minorities-the-most_4408426.html

THE HILL
— Florida cites critical race theory references among reasons for rejecting 54 math textbooks – CAROLINE VAKIL
https://thehill.com/news/state-watch/3270826-florida-cites-critical-race-theory-references-among-reasons-for-rejecting-54-math-textbooks/
— Biden administration politically tone deaf on immigration issues – GLENN C. ALTSCHULER
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3270892-biden-administration-politically-tone-deaf-on-immigration-issues/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Modest-income buyers being priced out of new-vehicle market – Tom Krisher
(COMMENT: Back in the good old days, a) in 1966, when I was 17 years old, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint with money that I had earned washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights part-time during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School and full-time during the summer in between, b) in 1967, I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442, and in 1968, I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE with money that I had earned working for the Park Forest Post Office part-time since 1966 during my freshman and sophomore years at UIC and the full-time during summers of 1967 and 1968, and c) in October of 1971, I bought a new 1972 Corvette with money that I had earned working full-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights August 1970-March 1971, part-time for that store since March of 1971, and full-time for IRS since June of 1971.)
https://www.smdp.com/modest-income-buyers-being-priced-out-of-new-vehicle-market/217057

MSN
— Chaos, crisis and infighting threaten Democrats in 2022 – Douglas E. Schoen
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/chaos-crisis-and-infighting-threaten-democrats-in-2022/ar-AAWihxb?li=BBnbcA1

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Focus on 2020 Election Splits Michigan Republicans – Jazmine UlloaNick Corasaniti
(COMMENT: How much will Kinzinger’s hatred of Trump split Illinois Republicans?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/16/us/politics/trump-michigan-republicans.html
— Kashmir Journalists Face Forbidding Pattern: Arrest, Bail, Rearrest. The practice, employed against at least three journalists in the restive region, is being used to limit free speech and chill news reporting, activists say. – Suhasini Raj
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/16/world/asia/india-kashmir-journalists-arrested.html
— Where Russians Turn for Uncensored News on Ukraine. Telegram is the platform of choice for Russians seeking to escape Moscow’s propaganda web. But can it last? – Valeriya Safronova, Neil MacFarquhar and Adam Satariano
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents want the following to censure me and to censure my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, and d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/16/world/europe/russian-propaganda-telegram-ukraine.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Air Force promotes LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/16/air-force-lgbtq-laws-help-families/
— Florida rejects math books with ‘references’ to critical race theory – Valerie Strauss and Lindsey Bever
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/04/16/florida-rejects-math-textbooks-prohibited-topics/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— COMMENT: The less that you promote LGBTQ, the more that Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn you.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/newsletter/2022-04-16/opinion-newsletter-dont-say-gay-desantis-opinion

USA TODAY
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use books to make children LGBTQers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2022/04/16/critics-banning-lgbtq-book-schools-obscenity/7303774001/
— Trump foe Liz Cheney’s war chest comes almost entirely from outside Wyoming. – Ledyard King and Erin Mansfield
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/04/16/liz-cheney-trump-wyoming-campaign-fu-republican-out-of-state-mid-terms/7333834001/

ARKANSAS TIMES
— COMMENT: 1619 Project creator promotes hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2022/04/16/1619-project-creator-slaps-down-tom-cotton-on-jackie-robinson-day

DUNCAN BANNER
— COMMENT: To be woke is to be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Last year, woke leaders stopped Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks. The year before, they promoted LGBTQ and BLM big time in downtown Wheaton.
https://www.duncanbanner.com/oklahoma/what-does-it-mean-to-be-woke-there-s-no-agreement/article_99dd3ce1-4649-5cbd-bdfd-d4cf1698ae46.html

DAILY HERALD
— Candidates for Halifax County Schools BOE answer questions – Richard Holm
(COMMENT: Candidates on June 28, 2022 Republican primary ballots in Illinois should be asked the following questions: If elected, would you encourage or discourage promotion of the following: a) CRT, b) 1619, c) BLM, d) reparations, e) LGBTQ, f) dependency on government, g) dependency on charity, h) abortion, i) mass/illegal immigration, j) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, k) more gun controls, l) patronage, m) political affiliation discrimination, n) reverse discrimination, and o) age discrimination?)
https://www.rrdailyherald.com/news/local/q-a-candidates-for-halifax-county-schools-boe-answer-questions/article_d115a506-c26f-5dc6-b899-caba7c78a480.html

FORBES
— How To Write Better Emails As A Leader – Benjamin Laker
(COMMENT: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? If so, how often do you receive emails from the following and how many links to articles do those emails include: a) the chairman of your Republican township/ward party organization, b) the chairman of your Republican county party organization, c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC), and d) the chairman of the IRP? At least weekly, a) Republican township/ward party chairmen should send out emails with links to articles on township/ward government/political issues, b) Republican county party chairmen should send out emails with links to articles on county government/political issues, c) IRP SCC members should send out emails with links to articles on congressional districtwide government/political issues, and d) the IRP chairmen should send out emails with links to articles on statewide government/political issues. I should write a book about the aforesaid who since 2000 have done the most a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains from reading those newsletters.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/benjaminlaker/2021/08/05/how-to-write-better-emails-as-a-leader/
— What Counts As An “Adverse Employment Action” In Discrimination And Retaliation Cases? – Eric Bachman
(COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government took the following adverse employment actions against me: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair job assignments, performance expectations, and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of the manager who had hired and promoted me in 1987, 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 a $20,901 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of the manager who had promoted me three times in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericbachman/2021/11/15/what-counts-as-an-adverse-employment-action-in-discrimination-and-retaliation-cases/

FAST COMPANY
— 5 ways to get out of a work slump – Art Markman
(COMMENT: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did everything that they could to put me in a slump. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to put me in a slump. Nevertheless. I continue to put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90738302/5-ways-to-get-out-of-a-work-slump

BENZINGA
— New Jersey Police Officers Can Legally Consume Cannabis When They’re Not On The Clock – Maureen Meehan
(COMMENT: Under the Democrats, under the Libertarians, under the Greens, under the Independents, and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone who you have to rely on will be consuming cannabis.)
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cannabis/22/04/26657253/new-jersey-police-officers-can-legally-consume-cannabis-when-theyre-not-on-the-clock

WIKIPEDIA
— Disparate impact
(COMMENT: Promoting wokeness, CRT, BLM, 1619, reparations, LGBTQ, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, etc. has a disparate negative impact on those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disparate_impact

MERRIAM WEBSTER
— Work against someone
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those who since 2000 have worked harder against conservatives than against Democrats, that is, who have worked harder against platform Republicans than against Democrats, that is, who have worked harder against Republicans than against Democrats. I would focus on a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, and d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers.)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20against%20%28someone%29

WRITING COOPERATIVE
— How to Draw on Personal Experience to Fuel Your Next Writing Project – Anisa Nasir
(COMMENT: What personal experience do you draw on? I draw on how the following have treated me and have treated those who share my demographics: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) those who I have sued, and f) my Democrat GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office superiors.)
https://writingcooperative.com/how-to-draw-on-personal-experience-to-fuel-your-next-writing-project-a2ec0effbe20

QUORA
— How do our personal experiences shape our view of others?
(COMMENT: How do you view those who have taken adverse actions against you and against those who share your demographics? I should write a book about those who have taken adverse actions against me and against those who share my demographics: a) the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) the Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) the leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, d) the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) those who I have sued, and f) my Democrat GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office superiors.)
https://www.quora.com/How-do-our-personal-experiences-shape-our-view-of-others

DAILY MAIL
— Social justice warriors see themselves as arbiters of morality. But there’s nothing moral about the damage they’re doing to our schools, says campaigner – INAYA FOLARIN IMAN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-10725041/Theres-moral-damage-social-justice-warriors-schools-says-campaigner.html

GUARDIAN
— COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want the Republican Party to “look like America,” that is, they want Republican candidates to lose, that is, they want the Republican Party a) to DUMP those who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and/or law enforcement officers and b) to REPLACE the aforesaid with those who are Trump-haters, moderate, liberal, non-patriotic, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, citizens of foreign countries, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-married, poor, non-gun owners, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, criminals, boozers, gamblers, and stoners.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/17/gop-will-hurd-american-reboot-manifesto-republicans

THE AGE
— Are political donors buying outcomes? – Editorial
(COMMENT: I should write a book about major Republican political donors in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have worked the hardest against me and against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000.)
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/are-political-donors-buying-outcomes-donation-laws-mean-we-can-t-know-20220417-p5ae1s.html

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.