April 17, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats acknowledge that “15 arrested in connection with Loop chaos after 2 teens shot near Millennium Park” and a “16-year-old boy was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, and a firearm was recovered.” When mobs of violent teens gather in your downtown, how will your town react?
https://abc7chicago.com/shooting-in-chicago-loop-disturbance-millennium-park-teens/13138480/
— Democrats acknowledge that “At least 30 shot, 6 fatally, in weekend violence across city” and “several teens have been shot.” When mobs of violent teens gather in your downtown, how will your town react?
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-weekend-today-news/13137241/
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) blame guns for gun violence instead of blaming those who use guns illegally and b) use mass shootings to diminish Second Amendment rights. When mobs of violent teens gather in your downtown, how will your town react?
https://abc7chicago.com/washington-dc-mass-shootings-gun-violence-assault-weapons-ban/13138743/

NBC5
— Democrats say that “Mayor Lightfoot, Mayor-Elect Johnson Issue Statements on Large Gatherings Downtown Chicago” and acknowledge that “A total of 15 people, nine adults and six children, were arrested late Saturday night as large crowds gathered near Millennium Park.” When mobs of violent teens gather in your downtown, how will your town react?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-teens-gathering-downtown-violence-chaos-mayor-lightfoot-johnson/3120208/
— Democrats acknowledge that “6 Dead, at Least 25 Wounded in Shootings Across the City.” When mobs of violent teens gather in your downtown, how will your town react?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-violence-6-dead-at-least-25-wounded-in-shootings-across-the-city/3120181/

WGN9
— Democrats say “WalletHub included only one Illinois MSA in its ranking of major metro areas where inflation is rising more quickly: the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin MSA, at No. 14.”
https://wgntv.com/news/this-area-of-illinois-is-seeing-the-biggest-inflation-spike-report/

FOX32
— Democrats acknowledge that “Hundreds of teenagers flood into downtown Chicago, smashing car windows, prompting police response.” When mobs of violent teens gather in your downtown, how will your town react?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvX6MyVkGKI
— Democrats acknowledge that “Rowdy, rampaging teenagers in Chicago’s public places have been a problem for years.” When mobs of violent teens gather in your downtown, how will your town react?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/rowdy-rampaging-teenagers-in-chicago-have-been-a-problem-for-years
— Democrats say “After teenagers cause chaos downtown, Mayor Lightfoot says instilling respect must begin at home.” When mobs of violent teens gather in your downtown, how will your town react?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/after-teenagers-cause-chaos-downtown-mayor-lightfoot-says-instilling-respect-must-begin-at-home

WGN RADIO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://wgnradio.com/news/the-memo-gop-ignores-warning-signs-on-abortion/
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/harris-steps-into-spotlight-on-abortion-guns/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies? My critics/opponents promote abortion big time. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who have children and who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most a) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, b) because we did not adopt, and c) because we did not become foster parents.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-abortion-rights-protest-chicago-loop-20230416-yu7h5ciqvvdyxhbmkbg4okup3y-story.html
— Democrats acknowledge that “Democrats place big bet on Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson by tapping Chicago for ’24 convention.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-democratic-convention-chicago-brandon-johnson-20230416-wvgo4xvgdna35lbt7vvjplqdf4-story.html

STATELINE
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/new-city-earns-title-of-nations-top-city-for-weed-report/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/the-memo-gop-ignores-warning-signs-on-abortion/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/new-city-earns-title-of-nations-top-city-for-weed-report/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-04-16/out-of-staters-are-flocking-to-places-where-abortions-are-easier-to-get
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-04-16/what-is-the-19th-century-act-being-cited-as-a-basis-for-blocking-the-abortion-pill

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— It’s good that Chicago will host the DNC…the rest of the nation should see the policies that made a mess of the city.
https://wirepoints.org/its-good-that-chicago-will-host-the-dnc-the-rest-of-the-nation-should-see-the-policies-that-made-a-mess-of-the-city-wirepoints-on-newsmax/
— New Brandon Johnson in his own words: Communist, violent ‘Chairman Fred Hampton’ was ‘one of the great educators and organizers’
https://wirepoints.org/new-brandon-johnson-in-his-own-words-marxist-violent-chairman-fred-hampton-was-one-of-the-great-educators-and-organizers-wirepoints/
— Pension reform, Illinois style: Legislation to ‘fix’ the Tier 2 problem
https://wirepoints.org/pension-reform-illinois-style-legislation-to-fix-the-tier-2-problem-wirepoints/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Proft on Pfleger: “And they say Chicago is a great place to do business”
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/641658136-proft-on-pfleger-and-they-say-chicago-is-a-great-place-to-do-business

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans scramble for winning message on abortion after Roe SCOTUS ruling – Seth McLaughlin (COMMENT: My critics/opponents a) reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform, b) want to strike that plank from the platform, and c) destroy those like me who support the plank. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/apr/16/republicans-scramble-winning-message-abortion-afte/
— Trump pitches Republican donors on putting him back in the White House – Ramsey Touchberry
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/apr/16/donald-trump-pitches-republican-donors-putting-him/
— Democrats are taking us to mob rule. They have given up on representative government. – Don Feder
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/apr/16/democrats-are-taking-us-to-mob-rule/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DeSantis takes chance on abortion, in strong contrast with both Biden and Trump – Haisten Willis
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/desantis-goes-big-on-abortion

NEW YORK POST
— Budweiser releases new pro-America ad with iconic mascot in wake of Anheuser-Busch Mulvaney controversy – Michael Lee
https://nypost.com/2023/04/17/budweiser-releases-new-pro-america-ad-with-iconic-mascot-in-wake-of-anheuser-busch-mulvaney-controversy/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Biden Youth Goose Stepping to Trans Ideology. – Lloyd Billingsley
https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/16/biden-youth-goose-stepping-to-trans-ideology/
— Can We Do Anything About America’s Decline? The remedies are agreed upon, but the needed medicine is feared more than the disease. Because today, the government is the cause of our many crises. – Victor Davis Hanson (COMMENT: My outstanding parents did not have enough money to send me to college. Neither of them attended college. My father was the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. While I was able to take college preparatory courses, to get an ACT score of 24, to get accepted by UIC, to work my way through college, and to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, my GPA suffered.)
https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/16/can-we-do-anything-about-americas-decline/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Race is no longer an accurate barometer of either victimhood or legitimate grievance. If “affirmative” action were to continue, it should be based entirely on class considerations, not the current system of Elizabeth Warrenesque fakery or delusions that the elite children of Eric Holder, the Obamas, the Duchess of Sussex, or LeBron James are in some need of compensatory privilege for college admissions, appointments, or hiring.)

AMERICAN THINKER
— The GOP should look to new solutions to win over blue-state voters concerned about crime and mass shootings – Howard J. Warner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/04/the_gop_should_look_to_new_solutions_on_mass_shootings.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— GOP establishment ‘circling wagons’ around Anheuser-Busch… to ‘normalize’ transgenderism – Matt Walsh (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupe promote LGBTQ. I should write a book about them and about the adverse actions that they have taken against me.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/04/16/walsh-gop-establishment-circling-wagons-around-anheuser-busch-to-normalize-transgenderism-1350543/
— Fans erupt when country music star changes lyrics about coolers never running out of cold Bud Light – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/04/16/fans-erupt-when-country-music-star-changes-lyrics-about-coolers-never-running-out-of-cold-bud-light-1350469/

BREITBART
— A bill in Washington state would prevent parents from intervening in their child’s decision to receive gender transition treatments. – PAUL BOIS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/04/16/washington-bill-bar-parents-intervening-child-gender-transitions/

EPOCH TIMES
— Loyal Bud Light Drinkers Switch Brews Over Transgender Controversy. In Arizona, one bar reports an 80-percent drop in sales. – Allan Stein
https://www.theepochtimes.com/loyal-budweiser-light-drinkers-switch-brews-over-transgender-label-controversy_5196597.html
— Government Money in Florida’s New School Choice Program Could Result in Unpleasant Consequences – Dan M. Berger (COMMENT: My parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and my great grandparents on my father’s side all had less money because they sent their children to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete instead of Crete Elementary School.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/injecting-government-money-in-floridas-new-school-choice-program-could-result-in-unpleasant-consequences-panelists_5193488.html

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago: Two Teens Shot During Violent, Chaotic “Wilding” Episode. Where are the parents?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/04/chicago-two-teens-shot-during-violent-chaotic-wilding-episode/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Chicago Teachers Union Now Runs the Mayor’s Office – MATT PAPROCKI
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/04/the-chicago-teachers-union-now-runs-the-mayors-office/

PJ MEDIA
— Republican Donor Retreat Reveals Doubts About Trump but No One Who Can Replace Him – RICK MORAN (COMMENT: While he was President, Trump did far more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2023/04/16/republican-donor-retreat-reveals-doubts-about-trump-but-no-one-who-can-replace-him-n1687636
— Brutal Mass Shooting in Alabama, Soon to Be Memory-Holed, Leaves Four Dead, 20 Injured – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2023/04/16/brutal-mass-shooting-in-alabama-soon-to-be-memory-holed-leaves-four-dead-20-injured-n1687648
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thus far, the tragic shooting in Dadeville appears to not involve an “angry white man,” which the left is quick to blame for mass shootings, though as I’ve reported, this is not the norm. We can expect the usual responses from the libs that guns, not criminals who use them to kill, are bad. The left will call for the end of “gun violence” even as big, blue cities refuse to punish the people causing so much chaos. It’s all a ruse to take your guns. Leftists will gladly sacrifice thousands of lives to disarm We the People.)

ZERO HEDGE
— CVS ‘Gender Transition’ Guide Requires Use Of Preferred Pronouns, Sharing Bathrooms – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cvs-gender-transition-guide-requires-use-preferred-pronouns-sharing-bathrooms

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCESIGTON TIMES

THE HILL
— Democrats say that new DeSantis super PAC ad asks “What happened to Donald Trump?”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3953559-desantis-super-pac-in-new-ad-what-happened-to-donald-trump/

NBC NEWS
— Democrats say “Alarming rise in youth gun deaths breaks down very differently by race” and “A closer look at the numbers reveals even more alarming trends, especially among young African Americans.” What percent of African Americans are killed by African Americans?
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/data-download/alarming-rise-youth-gun-deaths-breaks-differently-race-rcna79916
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And even more remarkable than the jump in gun deaths was the racial breakdown. In the 2021 data, the Pew Research Center found that Black children were hit much harder than other young people. Among African American children, the rate of gun deaths per 100,000 people was 11.8. That was more than five times the figure for other racial and ethnic groups. For white children and Hispanics, the figure was 2.3 per 100,000, and for Asian children, it was even lower, at 0.9. The difference in the 2021 numbers suggests a very different problem and challenge among Black children, which is confirmed when look at what drove gun deaths by race. For Black youths, the numbers were driven, heavily, by homicides. Among young African Americans, more than 8 in 10 gun deaths were homicides, while fewer than 10% were suicides. The numbers were flipped for white youths. Two-thirds of all gun deaths among that group were suicides, while fewer than a quarter were homicides. Such numbers may help explain why different lawmakers see the gun problem so differently.)
— Democrats say “Congress sees a rare window of opportunity to regulate Big Tech.” My critics/opponents want the leaders of the following to regulate my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, that is, to stop me from sending out those newsletters, but failing that, to dictate which articles I can include links to in those newsletters and to stop me from commenting on those articles: Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO). My critics/opponents a) argue that IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO should have the power to do the aforesaid because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC), b) argue that MTRO made a big mistake when it appointed me as a RPC in 1999, and c) argue that MTRO would never have appointed me as a RPC since then.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-sees-rare-window-opportunity-regulate-big-tech-rcna79329

CBS NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) blame Republicans for mass shootings.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/parents-gun-violence-cbs-news-poll-2023-04-16/

MSN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters glorify and praise Donald Trump Jr.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/others/donald-trump-jr-calls-for-an-end-to-the-conservative-led-boycott-of-bud-light-and-iconic-anheuser-busch-over-a-partnership-with-trans-influencer-dylan-mulvaney/ar-AA19VGsv?li=AAgfYGb
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ and especially transgenderism.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/republican-states-ban-transgender-care-for-teenagers/ar-AA19VUKU?ocid=Peregrine

NEWSWEEK
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) blame Republicans for mass shootings.
https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-host-confronts-republican-guns-amid-round-mass-shootings-1794636
— Democrats say “Steve Bannon Blasts Republican Response to Bud Light Controversy.”
https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-blasts-republican-response-bud-light-controversy-1794643
— Mom-of-Three Horrified to Find Out She Spends Almost $50K a Year on Kids – ALYCE COLLINS (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have children and who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most a) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, b) because we did not adopt, and c) because we did not become foster parents. According to them, if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, f) buy a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS collector car in 1989, g) buy a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car in 1994, h) etc. According to them my wife would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986. According to them, my wife and I would not have been able to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.newsweek.com/mom-parenting-finance-kids-annual-cost-children-1784457

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ and especially transgenderism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/upshot/bans-transgender-teenagers.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “DeSantis group attacks Trump in ad as 2024 fight intensifies. The super PAC ad is the highest-profile, and most direct, attack on the former president so far.” The more that you attack Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/16/desantis-trump-attack-ad/
— Democrats say “Clarence Thomas has for years claimed income from a defunct real estate firm.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/04/16/clarence-thomas-ginger-financial-disclosure/
— Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats shout at Blacks, and at everyone else, that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/15/race-democracy-threats-black-americans-racial-history/9e580998-dba6-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/04/14/mifepristone-abortion-court-battle-threatens-fda-approval-process/11648318002/

BOSTON GLOBE
— A Democrat asks “Which party stands for the working class?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on, if not despise, if not hate the working class. I was a member of the working class 1964-1997.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/17/opinion/which-party-stands-working-class/
— The Democrat Party ever-increasingly crows about its success making students good little Democrats who are anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older, anti-non-poor people, anti-those in traditional marriages, anti-gun-owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and anti-those ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/04/17/opinion/students-lose-out-politicization-education/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Truth About Clarence Thomas’s Disclosures. He reported carefully on his inherited real estate. ProPublica’s reporting was slipshod and incurious. – James Taranto
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-truth-about-clarence-thomas-disclosures-propublica-georgia-harlan-crow-ethics-court-91cd21df
— What Makes a Great Internship—for Companies and Interns – Cheryl Winokur Munk (COMMENT: Were you an intern? GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did not want me to transfer, but failing that, they wanted me to transfer as a GS-4 (currently $37,537/year) intern, that is, to suffer a $67,046/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars. They painted what GAO Analysts do as being a unique “trade or occupation.” They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. They viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned the fact a) that I had worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year, b) that much of what IRS Revenue Officers do is similar to what GAO Analysts do, c) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and e) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. They were furious a) that I suffered a pay cut of only $21,863/year (21%) in today’s dollars to transfer and b) that I transferred with me almost 12 years of federal seniority, 30 days of unused vacation days, and 130 unused sick days.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/great-internship-companies-interns-4a275681

BLOOMBERG
— Democrats say “DeSantis Hits Back With Ads Attacking ‘Gun Grabber’ Trump. Accuses Trump of Biden-Pelosi tactics on Social Security. Trump blasted GOP rival for backing higher retirement age.” The more that you attack Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote you.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-16/ron-desantis-ads-attack-trump-as-gun-grabber-in-2024-foretaste

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Democrats say “Why Liberals Should Hope DeSantis Beats Trump. The phrase ‘lesser evil’ very much applies here.” Democrats want candidates to win Republican primaries who Democrats believe will be the easiest to defeat in general elections. I should write a book the success that Democrats have had doing that for offices on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on all the Republican candidates who lost in general elections and why they lost.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/who-should-democrats-support-ron-desantis-donald-trump-republican-primary.html

POLITICO
— The Democrat Party ever-increasingly crows about its success making students good little Democrats who are anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older, anti-non-poor people, anti-those in traditional marriages, anti-gun-owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and anti-those ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/17/gop-school-board-races-midwest-00092232

GOVERNING
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) crow about their success in promoting hatred against those who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, in traditional marriages, gun-owners, Christion, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? How successful have Democrats been doing the aforesaid in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? I should write a book about their success in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.
https://www.governing.com/now/the-racial-mix-that-wins-elections-in-cities

DAILY MAIL
— As Walmart shuts down four stores in crime-ridden Dem-led Chicago, DailyMail.com lists all the big box shops – from Macy’s to Target – which have closed due to millions in losses from rampant theft. – KAMAL SULTAN (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, a) anticipate that crime and poverty will ever-increasingly increase and b) 911 response times will ever-increasing increase. Consequently, everyone needs to do more and more and more to protect themselves and to protect their property.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11965589/The-stores-closed-doors-rampant-theft.html
— More than one-third of small-town bars surveyed in Wyoming are experiencing Bud Light boycotts – SOPHIE MANN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11978917/Wyoming-news-site-finds-small-town-bars-experiencing-Bud-Light-boycotts.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.