April7, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 10 shot, 2 killed in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-gun-violence-police/14628155/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abc7chicago.com/us-politics-immigration-study-migrants-not-driving-violent-crime-rates/14618231/
— Chicago, Illinois prepare for record-busting Vote By Mail turnout for November 2020 election. (COMMENT: How many mail-in ballots will come from illegals who use their false identifications to register to vote?)
https://www.aol.com/chicago-illinois-prepare-record-busting-174133495.html

CBS2
— Robbers threaten victims with metal pipes, brass knuckles in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/armed-robbery-chicago-north-northwest-side-metal-pipes-brass-knuckles/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/robbers-threaten-victims-with-metal-pipes-brass-knuckles-in-chicago/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage minorities to be pot smoking LGBTQers.
https://wgntv.com/news/features/first-all-minority-owned-dispensary-set-to-open-in-illinois/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/first-minority-lgbtq-owned-dispensary-000532518.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D7PT05ZP1OQk

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds in Chicago turn down gun cases at higher rate than most other cities, despite large number of weapons seized. Federal prosecutors in Chicago are less likely than those in most other jurisdictions — including Los Angeles and New York — to approve gun charges. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is taking up some of those rejected cases. – Frank Main
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/04/06/feds-in-chicago-turn-down-gun-cases-at-higher-rate-than-most-other-cities-despite-large-number-of-weapons-seized

DAILY HERALD
— The unfairness to migrants here legally – Toby Tobler, East Dundee
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240406/letters-to-the-editor/the-unfairness-to-migrants-here-legally/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Chicago’s hate-crime hoax case just keeps on going – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/jim-dey-chicagos-hate-crime-hoax-case-just-keeps-on-going/article_40bd6f7b-ed78-5715-959d-c63b8ad1e296.html

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/04/06/your-turn-lets-take-the-keep-out-sign-off-winnebago-county/73187627007/

BELLEVILLE DEMOCRAT
— Protesters march against display of Confederate flag, swastikas near Belleville school – LEXI CORTES
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article287454385.html
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article287451470.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago migrant spending approaching $300 million – Glenn Minnis
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b7ab8c50-f381-11ee-8873-9f550d95949d.html

JOHN KASS
— College Student Loans: From Whence to Where? – Greg Ganske
https://johnkassnews.com/college-student-loans-from-whence-to-where/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Former Rep. Joe Walsh calls Trump an ‘evil demagogue’ – Jenny Goldsberry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2956697/joe-walsh-calls-trump-evil-demagogue/

NEW YORK POST
— Judge tosses Louis Farrakhan’s $4.8B lawsuit against ADL over antisemitism claims – Matthew Sedacca
https://nypost.com/2024/04/06/us-news/judge-tosses-louis-farrakhans-4-8b-antisemitism-lawsuit-against-adl/
— Sen. John Fetterman blasts squatters, violent crime: ‘I am not woke’ – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2024/04/06/us-news/fetterman-blasts-squatters-violent-crime-i-am-not-woke/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Obama, ‘Biden Doctrine’ fundamentally transforming America – Eric Utter (COMMENTT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, America is ever-increasingly anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-gun owners, anti-successful people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-parent, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-etc.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/obama_biden_doctrine_fundamentally_transforming_america.html
— The dirty little secret of Biden’s economic resurgence – Nicole McCaw
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/the_dirty_little_secret_of_biden_s_economic_resurgence.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Media gives Biden points for the economy as many new jobs go to non-Americans – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/06/media-gives-biden-points-for-the-economy-as-many-new-jobs-go-to-non-americans-1450578/
— Vaccinating migrants could save US children, outbreaks in Chicago were preventable – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/04/06/vaccinating-migrants-could-save-us-children-outbreaks-in-chicago-were-preventable-say-experts-1450567/

BREITBART
— Biden Smuggles Illegal Migrants into Maryland Politics – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/04/06/joe-biden-smuggles-illegal-migrants-maryland-politics/
— Chicago Alderman: Giving Work Permits to Asylum Seekers Just Means They’ll Stay Despite Not Being Allowed to – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/04/06/chicago-alderman-giving-work-permits-to-asylum-seekers-just-means-theyll-stay-despite-not-being-allowed-to/
— ‘Mainstream Media Complicit’ in Border Invasion – Karoline Leavitt
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/06/exclusive-karoline-leavitt-mainstream-media-complicit-in-border-invasion/
— Anti-Israel Propaganda Seeped in Hollywood, Social Justice Groups, Universities – Brett Gelman (COMMENT: To be anti-Israel is to be anti-conservative.)
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/04/06/watch-stranger-things-star-brett-gelman-exposes-anti-israel-propaganda-seeped-in-hollywood-social-justice-groups-universities/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Arizona State prof sues school for mandatory anti-white DEI training – Austin Browne (COMMENT: DEI exists to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote DEI. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.campusreform.org/article/arizona-state-prof-sues-school-for-mandatory-anti-white-dei-training/25139

CHRISTIAN POST
— Making Christianity more invisible: Biden and transgenderism – Ryan Bomberger
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/making-christianity-more-invisible-biden-and-transgenderism.html

COLLEFGE FIX
— UMass scholars: Racism behind attempts to abolish DEI initiatives – DAVE HUBER (COMMENT: DEI exists to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote DEI. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/umass-scholars-racism-behind-attempts-to-abolish-dei-initiatives/
— School district may ditch graduation ceremonies in name of ‘equity’ (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, according to Democrats, the higher that your GPA is, the more that you have unfairly benefitted from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, LGBTQ, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/school-district-may-ditch-graduation-ceremonies-in-name-of-equity/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Squatters Have No Rights’: John Fetterman Rips Soft Treatment Of Home Occupiers – MARY LOU MASTERS
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/06/squatters-john-fetterman-rips-soft-treatment-home-occupiers/
— Boeing CEO That Has Presided Over Massive Failures Awarded $32 Million Pay Package Before He Departs – ROBERT SCHMAD (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their ever-increasing focus was hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. To do that, they ever-increasingly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion requirements. That ever-increasingly rendered WORTHLESS my job-related bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and professional license.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/06/boeing-ceo-that-has-presided-over-massive-failures-awarded-32-million-pay-package-before-he-departs/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Calhoun’s pay package comes amid a string of high-profile mechanical failures on Boeing’s aircraft and concerns that an outsized focus on diversity could be harming the company. . .An anonymous insider at Boeing said during an interview that the company’s focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), as well as disconnected leadership, were to blame for the corporation’s ongoing troubles. Safety issues were the result of DEI-influenced hiring policies at the company producing quality control, according to the insider.)

FOX NEWS
— Chicago residents ‘fed up’ over crime crisis – Gianno Caldwell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3L8Z6Llhdo
— Pete Hegseth’s ‘The War on Warriors’ examines how the military was ‘manipulated into going woke’ by the left. ‘The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free’ is available for preorder now. – Brian Flood
https://www.foxnews.com/media/pete-hegseths-war-warriors-examines-military-manipulated-going-woke-left
— Never Say Never-Trump: Biden leaves GOP moderates with ‘no alternative’ but to back former president. A growing number of Nikki Haley supporters are finding they’re left with little choice. – Julia Johnson (COMMENT: Who speaks for the Haley voters in your congressional district, county, township, municipality, and precinct?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/never-trump-biden-gop-moderates-no-alternative

HOT AIR
— Chicago Public Health Spox: Don’t Worry about TB Cases in Migrant Shelters – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/04/06/chicago-n3786024
— Foreign Born Population Growth in the US Charts by Administration Pretty Telling
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/04/06/foreign-born-population-growth-in-the-us-charts-by-administration-pretty-telling-n3786041

PJ MEDIA
— Minimum Wage Rises, Thousands Lose Their Jobs, Democrat Elites Laugh – VICTORIA TAFT (COMMENT: When I was 16 and 17 years old, the minimum wage was $12.41/hour in today’s dollars. If it had been $20.00/hour in today’s dollars, employers would have hired illegals “off the books” instead of me.)
https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2024/04/06/wcmc-n4927920

TOWNHALL
— Illegal Aliens Rush to Cross the Border Before Election Day: ‘Trump Won’t Let Us In’ – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/06/illegal-immigrants-trekking-along-the-southern-say-they-want-joe-biden-to-win-in-november-n2637461
— Biden’s Illegal Immigration Crisis Costs These Cities Billions of Dollars Each Year – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/04/06/illegal-immigrant-nearly-decapitates-woman-two-weeks-after-crossing-us-border-n2637439
— Charles Barkley Goes Off About Public Safety and Immigration. Dems Should Listen. – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/04/06/watch-charles-barkley-rant-about-crime-and-how-illegal-immigration-is-out-of-control-n2637462

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democratic tensions over Israel threaten to boil over at Chicago convention – JARED GANS
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4577481-democrats-israel-gaza-hamas-palestinians-joe-biden-chicago/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in using illegal immigration to destroy America.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4577466-work-permits-undocumented-immigrants-asylum-seekers/
— RNC chair: We’re ‘going to be in the room’ when votes are cast, counted in November – FILIP TIMOTIJA (COMMENT: What is going to stop many millions of illegals from using their false identifications to vote for Biden in battleground/swing states?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4578554-rnc-chair-were-going-to-be-in-the-room-when-votes-are-cast-counted-in-november/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— The more that you oppose Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote you.
https://apnews.com/article/former-trump-officials-criticize-2024-e202861911ab37cadfcf058b5b163fb9

MSN
— Melania Trump throws fundraiser for LGBTQ+ Republicans after husband’s rant against trans rights
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/melania-trump-throws-fundraiser-for-lgbtq-republicans-after-husband-s-rant-against-trans-rights/ar-BB1laz5y
— 24,000 migrants released in San Diego since late February, county supervisor says – Salvador Rive
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/24-000-migrants-released-in-san-diego-since-late-february-county-supervisor-says/ar-BB1l9p7q?ocid=social-peregrine
— The US Has a Shortage of Accountants – Gina Carey (COMMENT: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. But because I am a White male, employers saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxes/the-us-has-a-shortage-of-accountants/ar-BB1lbsWS
— Mexico cuts diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police storm embassy to arrest ex-VP (COMMENT: Mexico ever-increasingly uses its citizens to invade and conqueror America.)
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/mexico-cuts-diplomatic-ties-with-ecuador-after-police-storm-embassy-to-arrest-ex-vp/vi-BB1lcPRP

NBC NEWS
— Several top companies vow to hire a total of 1 million Black people over 10 years – CHAR ADAMS (COMMENT: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.aol.com/several-top-companies-vow-hire-221727641.html

CNBC
— The best graduate student loans for financing an advanced degree. These lenders can help grad student loan borrowers of all types. – Elizabeth Gravier (COMMENT: I spent 4 long years 1972-1976 earning an MBA from Loyola taking only one evening course at a time. I spent 4 long years 1976-1980 earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul taking only one evening course at a time. I did that because that was what I could afford and my focus was my IRS job.)
https://www.cnbc.com/select/best-graduate-student-loans/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats and RINOs should be extremely happy because they are ever-increasingly destroying Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/opinion/leftists-happy-coates-haidt.html

MIAMI HERALD
— Your Career Blueprint: How to Become a CPA in Florida. – BRYCE WELKER (COMMENT: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. But because I am a White male, employers saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.miamiherald.com/careers-education/article285536832.html
— How to Pass the CPA Exam: Tips to Prepare – BRYCE WELKER (COMMENT: The following helped me pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old: a) working for IRS since 1971, b) taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul since 1976, and c) taking the Becker CPA review course.)
https://www.miamiherald.com/careers-education/article285798586.html
— CPA Requirements Florida: Your Ultimate Guide to Licensure – BRYCE WELKER (COMMENT: My application to become a licensed CPA was approved in 1981 when I was 32 years old because of the following: a) I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, and e) I had worked for GAO for 1 year at the GS-9 Step 10 Level, currently $87,024/year.)
https://www.miamiherald.com/careers-education/article285536882.html

TURBOTAX
— How to Find a Good CPA for Your Taxes – Riley Adams and Miguel Burgos (COMMENT: My application to become a licensed CPA was approved in 1981 when I was 32 years old because of the following: a) I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $97,079-$110,020/year, and e) I had worked for GAO for 1 year at the GS-9 Step 10 Level, currently $87,024/year.)
https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/tax-pro/how-to-find-a-good-cpa-for-your-taxes/L0cNUmy2Y
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Look up their license. CPAs are also licensed by the state, so before hiring one, you can search their records with your state’s board of accountancy.)

FORTUNE
— DEI exists to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote DEI. I should write a book about them.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/here-s-who-challenges-dei-efforts-within-companies-and-how-to-get-the-workforce-on-board/ar-BB1l4kf5?ocid=entnewsntp

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIW
— My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12 even after I had earned an MBA from Loyola and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. My Democrat GAO never promoted me beyond GS-13 even after I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, became a Certified Fraud Examiner, Government Financial Manager, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT. They would have promoted me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.)
https://hbr.org/2024/03/getting-along-my-new-manager-didnt-give-me-the-promotion-i-was-promised

FAST COMPANY
— Nearly 40% of U.S. employees don’t trust their coworkers – STEPHANIE VOZZA (COMMENT: Virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats who destroyed Republicans to advance themselves. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who had the most demographics that vote for Republicans including White, male, older, German American, married, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. Because they had those demographics, they were under even more pressure to destroy Republicans.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91054198/how-to-get-along-with-your-work-frenemy-and-protect-yourself
— Change your mindset to avoid being layoff – STEPHANIE VOZZA (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. What would I have had to do to avoid that? Became a Democrat. Happily given even more preference to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger, veteran, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. Helped them get rid of their few remaining Republican employees. Not make my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates “look bad” by earning more job-related master’s degrees, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses than they had.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91054179/this-change-of-mindset-can-help-protect-you-from-layoffs

GO BANKING RATES
— What did you do with the money that you earned? I bought cars and real estate, paid for college expenses, and saved for retirement.
https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/financial-planning/the-first-thing-self-made-millionaires-do-with-every-paycheck/

RAW STORY
— How Trump could win even if he loses the popular vote AND the Electoral College – Robert Reich
https://www.rawstory.com/electoral-college-2024/

VOA
— What Will Students Tell Colleges on Their Applications This Year? (COMMENT: In my 1972 Loyola graduate business school application, I stressed that my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take graduate business courses. In my 1976 DePaul graduate accounting school application, I stressed that my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take graduate accounting courses.)
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/what-will-students-tell-colleges-on-their-applications-this-year-/7557334.html

FED MANAGER
— Reports Highlight Successes, Challenges in Hiring Disabled Workers into Federal Government (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, all the employees who they assigned me to supervise were Democrats who were minority, female, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, had performance problems, and/or were employees who they wanted to get rid of.)
https://fedmanager.com/news/reports-highlight-successes-challenges-in-hiring-disabled-workers-into-federal-government
— GAO Urges OPM to Be More Transparent on “Burrowing-In” (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government: While I worked for them for almost 30 years, they did everything that they could to get rid of their few remaining employees like me who were Republican. I should write a book about that.)
https://fedmanager.com/news/gao-urges-opm-to-be-more-transparent-on-burrowing-in

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Fixing Veterans’ Preference Can Fix Federal Hiring – Angela Bailey and Jeffrey Neal (COMMENT: I am ashamed to say that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they used that against me big time to turn my many Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me who were veterans. They stressed what I would not have been able to do the following as soon or if ever if I had not avoided the draft: a) buying new cars (1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, and 1978), b) going on vacations to Florida (1969 and 1970), c) earning college degrees (1970, 1976, 1980), d) buying real estate (1972, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984), e) going on vacations to the Bahamas, Mexico, Jamacia, and Hawaii (1973-1976), f) getting married (1979), g) earning professional certifications (1979 and 1981), h) earning a professional license (1981), i) etc.)
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2023/04/fixing-veterans-preference-can-fix-federal-hiring/384763/

WORLD RECORD ACADEMY
— World’s Youngest CPA, world record set by James “Jimmy” Chilimigras (COMMENT: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. But because I am a White male, employers saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.worldrecordacademy.org/2024/3/worlds-youngest-cpa-world-record-set-by-james-jimmy-chilimigras-424187

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.