June 28 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Independence Day celebration a two-day affair in Wheaton – Jessica Cilella  (DIERSEN: Why doesn’t this include the following: Mark Kirk; Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti; Mike Connelly and Jeanne Ives; Peter Breen; Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, and Tim Whelan; and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee will be in Wheaton’s Independence Day Parade. For the 11th consecutive year, DuPage Republicans will help sponsor the parade. This year, they will be a $2,500 Gold Celebration Partner for the fireworks and parade. 22 DuPage Republicans have pledged $2,500: $250 from Chris Nybo, $150 from Liam Brennan, Dave Diersen, and Phil Suess, and $100 each from Bob Berlin, Peter Breen, Fred Bucholz, Mike Connelly, Tim Elliott, Amy Grant, Jeanne Ives, Richard Jorgensen, Chris Kachiroubas, Mark Kirk, Brian Krajewski, Bob Lyon, Deanne Mazzochi, James Mendrick, Peter Roskam, Darlene Ruscitti, Tim Whelan, and Jim Zay. The DuPage County Republican contribution has been designated for the Tunes of Glory Pipes and Drums $1,000 entry, the Wheaton North High School Band $600 entry, and the Wheaton Warrenville South High School Band $600 entry.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160628/news/160629070/
— Some Illinois lawmakers say something’s got to give with budget battle – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160628/news/160628983/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump gets Mike Ditka, Mike Tyson to speak at GOP convention – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-mike-ditka-mike-tyson-appear-gop-convention/
— Rauner, Dems produce competing stopgap bills as clock ticks – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rauner-dems-produce-competing-stopgap-bills-as-clock-ticks/
— Time for Rauner to bail on his obsession with the ‘B’ word – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-time-for-rauner-to-bail-on-obsession-b-word-bailout/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner unveils school funding plan that doesn’t contain CPS ‘bailout’ – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-illinois-budget-impasse-met-0629-20160628-story.html
— DuPage springs for $13.4 million state-of-art 911 system – Gary Gibula
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-new-county-911-system-st-0629-20160628-story.html
— Naperville, Elgin, Aurora make Top 10 for DUI arrests in Illinois – Bill Bird
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-annual-aaim-survey-st-0629-20160628-story.html
— Area mayors weigh in on state budget mess as deadline looms – Mike Danahey and Genevieve Bookwalter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-ecn-mayors-state-budget-st-0629-20160628-story.html
ABC7
— RAUNER PUSHES STOPGAP BUDGET PLAN AS LAWMAKERS RETURN TO SPRINGFIELD – Diane Pathieu and Sarah Schulte
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-pushes-stopgap-budget-plan-as-lawmakers-return-to-springfield/1404630/
NBC5
— Chicago Candy Store’s ‘Politician Pinata’ Stirs Attention Over Resemblance to Donald Trump  Dulcelandia began selling its so-called “politician piñata” last week ahead of the 2016 election and Fourth of July weekend
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Local-Candy-Store-Chain-Selling-Donald-Trump-Inspired-Pinatas-384712931.html
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner pushes new stopgap budget, rips Democrats’ plan – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20160628/rauner-pushes-new-stopgap-budget-rips-democrats-plan
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Gill back in the race — for now – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-06-28/gill-back-race-%E2%80%94-now.html
STATE LINE
— Lawmakers Headed To Springfield Wednesday
http://www.mystateline.com/news/lawmakers-headed-to-springfield-wednesday
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Auditor General Frank Mautino wants his employers to stop asking questions – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/06/auditor-general-frank-mautino-wants-his-employers-to-stop-asking-questions/
ILLINOIS OBSERVAR
— Rauner, Mayors Push Stopgap Budget; Suicide Top Cause of IL Teen Deaths; Airport Work Stalls
http://www.illinoisobserver.net/2016/06/28/rauner-mayors-push-stopgap-budget/
ILLINOIS MIRROR
— Crain’s Anti-Rauner Editorial Makes No Sense Whatsoever – Eric Kohn
http://www.illinoismirror.com/crains-anti-rauner-editorial-makes-no-sense-whatsoever/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SENATE FUND ANNOUNCES $40 M IN FIRST ROUND OF FALL TV ADS; NONE FOR KIRK
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/06/senate-fund-announces-40-m-in-first-round-of-fall-tv-ads-none-for-kirk.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Emanuel says Rauner has “wasted” his term
http://capitolfax.com/2016/06/28/emanuel-says-rauner-has-wasted-his-term/
DAILY CALLER
— Philly Schools Ordered To Pay $2.3 Million For Anti-WHITE Racism – Blake Neff
http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/27/philly-schools-ordered-to-pay-2-3-million-for-anti-white-racism/
THE BLAZE
— Trump’s Newest Senior Adviser Tries to Quietly Delete His Past Tweets About the Presumptive GOP Nominee – Jon Street
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/06/28/trumps-newest-senior-adviser-tries-to-quietly-delete-his-past-tweets-about-the-presumptive-gop-nominee/
THE HILL
— Why so many TSA workers are leaving and how to stop it – J. David Cox, Sr.
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/homeland-security/285103-why-so-many-tsa-workers-are-leaving-and-how-to-stop-it
REUTERS
— GAO expands probe of lax Wall Street oversight – JONATHAN SPICER  (DIERSEN: For 8 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-regulators-probe-idUSKCN0ZE2MU
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A U.S. congressional watchdog said on Tuesday it has formally added three agencies to its investigation into whether government regulators are too soft on the banks they are meant to police. In March, Reuters exclusively reported that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) was preparing a probe of the U.S. Federal Reserve and other to-be-determined regulators, in response to a request by Democratic U.S. Representatives Maxine Waters and Al Green for it to look into “regulatory capture.” The review, requested last October, is the first by an outside agency into the perception that financial regulators are “captured” by and too deferential toward the bankers they supervise, so that Wall Street benefits at the public’s expense. Lawrance Evans, director of the GAO’s financial markets and community investment division, said in an email on Tuesday that the probe would include the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). The GAO will also look back at work by the Office of Thrift Supervision, which merged with the OCC in 2011, and regulates savings and loan institutions.)
WASHINGTON POST
— House Democrats need to remember causing chaos isn’t a wise course – Newt Gingrich
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/house-democrats-need-to-remember-causing-chaos-isnt-a-wise-course/2016/06/28/ad47a430-3d48-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275_story.html
— More than 5,300 U.S. water systems violated lead-testing rules last year – Brady Dennis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/06/28/more-than-5000-u-s-water-systems-violated-lead-testing-rules-last-year/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump wants America to follow in Britain’s footsteps – Daniel Halper
http://nypost.com/2016/06/28/trump-wants-america-to-follow-in-britains-footsteps/
TRIB LIVE
— Affirmative action fraud goes on – THOMAS SOWELL
http://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/10701415-74/action-affirmative-court
FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Justice Department workers to undergo implicit bias training
http://federalnewsradio.com/federal-headlines/2016/06/justice-department-workers-undergo-implicit-bias-training/

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.