August 21 Evening Edition

ILLINOIS BUSINESS IMMIGRATION COALITION
— IBIC issues another press release crowing about its success in a) illegally encouraging illegals to illegally come to America illegally, b) illegally encouraging illegals to stay in America illegally, and c) illegally encouraging illegals to be brought into America illegally.
http://mailchi.mp/illinoisbic/vvnms20cdi-811117

 

NBC5
— Tuition Tax Credits Emerge as Part of Illinois School Funding Debate – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/tuition-tax-credits-school-funding-illinois-441334743.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners again say the IPI cartoon is racist and again say that Rauner “has continually refused to say not only whether he believes it is racist – but if he has even seen it.”  Those who do not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are far less likely to know anything about the cartoon.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-policy-institute-cartoon-bruce-rauner-441312283.html

 

CBS2
— Chicago Ald. Burke Puts The Brakes On Self-Driving Cars – Derrick Blakley
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/21/chicago-ban-on-self-driving-cars/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— House Republican official: School funding reform negotiations continuing Tuesday – Rachel Droze
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/house-republican-official-school-funding-reform-negotiations-continuing-tuesday-08-21-2017

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 63 shot over weekend in Chicago; only long July 4th weekend more violent this year – Elyssa Cherney and Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-shootings-weekend-violence20170821-story.html
— $1.6m VFW raffle drawing hits legal snag, halted amid ‘ordinance issue’ – Robert McCoppin  (DIERSEN: Gambling is a vice. Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. should not promote vice.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-vfw-morris-queen-of-hearts-raffle-drawing-met-20170821-story.html
— Aldermen consider tough regulations for self-driving cars – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-driverless-cars-regulations-met-20170821-story.html
— To protect its turf, this fiefdom wants more turf. Guess who pays. – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-franks-annex-sanitary-consolidate-0822-jm-20170821-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a bill Aug. 14 that empowers counties across Illinois to dissolve layers of unnecessary government. Wouldn’t you know it? One suburban government already laid plans to twist through a loophole and preserve itself. Taxpayers, you might want to pay attention to this heist, which McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks, a Democrat, attributes to one-party rule. No, not Democratic rule in Cook County. Franks indicts Republican Party dominance in McHenry County.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s naked stare eclipses White House photo op
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trumps-naked-stare-eclipses-white-house-photo-op/
— Your tax bill says dozens of small governments must go – Madeleine Doubek  (DIERSEN: Which of the following units of government in my $10,757.18 tax bill does Doubek want to go – Unit School District 200 and Pension Fund ($7,188.43), City of Wheaton ($1,401.77), Wheaton Park District and Pension Fund ($1,110.71), College of DuPage ($369.66), Forest Preserve and Pension Fund ($213.07), County of DuPage and Pension Fund ($190.13), Milton Township, Township Road, and Pension Fund ($169.57), County Health Department and Pension fund ($69.93), DuPage Airport Authority ($24.77), and Wheaton Mosquito District ($19.14)?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/doubek-your-tax-bill-says-dozens-of-small-governments-must-go/
— DIERSEN HEALDLINE: Who are the leading anti-Trumps in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps divide members of Group A against members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/jackson-trump-aims-to-divide-working-people-and-poor-people/
— Labor leader hedging bets with bipartisan anti-Rauner strategy – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/brown-labor-leader-hedging-bets-with-bipartisan-anti-rauner-strategy/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Rauner vetoes bill allowing public to elect Lake County chairman – Charles Keeshan
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170821/rauner-vetoes-bill-allowing-public-to-elect-lake-county-chairman
— DuPage judge dismisses lawsuit against Butler District 53 in cheating scandal – Justin Kmitch
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170821/dupage-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-butler-district-53-in-cheating-scandal
— Texas college could influence other Confederate statue moves – AP (DIERSEN: Are you a Trump supporter? How soon will the anti-Trumps remove you?)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170821/news/308219889/
— Suburban activist on Charlottesville: ‘Everybody has freedom of speech and the right to march. But you don’t have the right to destroy.’
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170821/suburban-activist-on-charlottesville-everybody-has-freedom-of-speech-and-the-right-to-march-but-you-dont-have-the-right-to-destroy

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Mayors hit Rauner on school TIF veto – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170821/BLOGS02/170829995/mayors-hit-rauner-on-school-tif-veto
— Teamsters thank Preckwinkle for a good new deal – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Who thanked my Democrat superiors in the federal government for their success in not hiring, wasting the careers of, and getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran? Who thanked my critics/opponents for their success in ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, my service as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170821/BLOGS02/170829994/amid-soda-tax-war-teamsters-thank-preckwinkle-for-a-good-new-deal
— Here’s what the Sun-Times’ new CEO wants people to do – NONA TEPPER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170821/NEWS06/170829989/heres-what-the-sun-times-new-ceo-wants-people-to-do

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Head of FBI Chicago office retiring; taking security job – AP
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article168490992.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump nominee Sam Clovis: ‘As far as we know’ homosexuality’s a choice  Opposes legal protections as illogical – ANDREW KACZYNSKI AND PAUL LEBLANCE
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-nominee-sam-clovis-as-far-as-we-know-homosexualitys-a-choice/794952424

 

WAND
— New law exempts military personnel from Commercial Driver’s License written test (DIERSEN: What written tests have you avoided taking? If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout that I did not take any written tests to become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Manager in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997 because those certifications were new back then and I grand fathered in. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981.  I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13, Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12, Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173.)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/36182976/new-law-exempts-military-personnel-from-cdl-written-test

 

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Illinois Next to Prohibit Salary History Inquiries? (DIERSEN: If you are/were a government employee, everyone who wants to can find out what your salary is/was and then publish that. They use that information to viciously demonize, to viciously denigrate, and to viciously condemn government employees as being overpaid. They want cheap labor. Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/illinois-next-to-prohibit-salary-history-inquiries

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Pritzker running mate choice seen as another way to allow Madigan ‘annex’ of governorship – Mia Sims
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511180921-pritzker-running-mate-choice-seen-as-another-way-to-allow-madigan-annex-of-governorship

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Intergovernmental Agreements – Are they legal? How can you tell? – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/08/intergovernmental-agreements-are-they-legal-how-can-you-tell/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Mainstream Conservatives Are On CNN’s “Hate Group” List – Jordan Schachtel
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/08/mainstream-conservatives-are-on-cnns-hate-group-list/
— Cultural Marxism is the #1 Enemy of Western Civilization – Joe Luger
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2017/08/cultural-marxism-is-the-1-enemy-of-western-civilization/

 

GOPUSA
— Bloody Chicago: 44 people shot — 7 fatally — in about 24 hours
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=29063
— University of Texas removes Confederate statues under cover of darkness
http://www.gopusa.com/university-of-texas-removes-confederate-statues-under-cover-of-darkness/
— Another defeat down South: UAW running out of gas  (DIERSEN: Have you been a union member? If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would shout that I was a union member while I worked part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969, while I worked part-time for Chrysler in 1970, and while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are overwhelmingly anti-union and want cheap labor.)
http://www.gopusa.com/another-defeat-down-south-uaw-running-out-of-gas/

 

BREITBART
— Time to ‘Cut Off’ Illegal Hiring Through E-Verify, Says Immigration Hawk – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always wanted cheap labor.)
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/08/21/time-cut-off-illegal-hiring-e-verify-says-immigration-hawk/
— Poll: 90 Percent Oppose Removal, Erasure, of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington – NEIL MUNRO  (DIERSEN: Who do the anti-Trumps want erased in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America – those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/21/poll-90-percent-oppose-removal-erasure-thomas-jefferson-george-washington/

 

NEWSMAX
— Franklin Graham: Politicians, ‘Stop Saying Islam Is a Religion of Peace’ – Theodore Bunker (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.)
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/franklin-graham-islam-religion-of-peace-war/2017/08/21/id/808846/

 

REUTERS
— U.S. workers have low hopes for higher pay: Fed survey  (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want cheap labor.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-survey-labor-idUSKCN1B11RP

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Departing older employees are being replaced by younger and cheaper workers, San Francisco Fed study finds – Eric Morath  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always wanted cheap labor.)
https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2017/08/21/how-retiring-baby-boomers-hinder-u-s-wage-growth/

 

BARRONS
— Tesla promoters promote Tesla.
http://www.barrons.com/video/tesla-advantages-over-the-big-automakers/39DF6B58-313C-48CB-B5FC-77168C2B12D0.html

 

FED SMITH
— Alternative Ways to Determine Future COLAs – Michael Wald  (DIERSEN: Federal COLAs have always been far less than inflation.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2017/08/21/alternative-ways-determine-future-colas/

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.