DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Almiron for Republicans in primary for DuPage County recorder
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200228/endorsement-almiron-for-republicans-in-primary-for-dupage-county-recorder
(FROM THE ENDORSEMENT:
It’s easy to understand why both candidates for the Republican nomination for
DuPage County recorder consider the position a perfect fit for their
credentials. Ron Almiron, an attorney from Wheaton, has a long and deep history
of service in local projects, service agencies, school and community boards and
even more recently treasurer and CFO for the Wheaton Mosquito Abatement
District. Babette Holder Youngberg, a communications professional from Wheaton,
boasts a long history in real estate and property management that is
specifically relevant to the duties of this office. Both candidates speak
knowledgeably and think creatively about a role that demands a disciplined
combination of attention to detail and customer service. Choosing between them
is no simple matter for voters. The distinction for us comes down to depth of
community involvement and level of detail in the vision for the office.
Almiron’s diverse range of community, school and government activities gives
him a slightly more refined sense for operating a government office, and he
approaches the role with compelling intensity. Whoever ultimately wins the
election in November, there is a possibility he or she will not serve long. If
voters approve a consolidation measure in the General Election, the elected
recorder’s position will be eliminated and the duties folded into other county
offices. Youngberg and Almiron argue that the public is best served by an
elected recorder but both agree to work cooperatively toward a smooth
transition if voters decide to eliminate the office. Republican voters can’t go
wrong with either candidate in this primary. Our choice is Almiron.)
— Endorsement: Grogan for Republicans for DuPage County auditor
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200228/endorsement-grogan-for-republicans-for-dupage-county-auditor
(FROM THE ENDORSEMENT:
In nearly 12 years as DuPage County auditor, Bob Grogan has produced an
impressive reputation for transparency, efficiency and competence. With
justifiable pride, the Downers Grove Republican points to various state firsts
he has implemented — including the first county checkbook online, the first
transparency portal and the first auditor hotline. He has served as the
president of the Association of Illinois County Auditors and notes that he
knows how “to ask the awkward questions” that an auditor must raise
when working with county officials to fix errors, find wrongdoing or just make
things work better. His challenger for the party’s nomination in the March 17
primary is retired bank officer Jeffrey Mack, of Downers Grove. Mack has an
appropriate financial background for auditor and a reasonable familiarity with
the duties of the office. His strongest argument, however, is that he could
bring a “fresh set of eyes” to the operation. That’s not an
irrelevant point, but Mack doesn’t build on it by demonstrating why a new
perspective alone would justify replacing an auditor with Grogan’s record and
credentials. Grogan is Republicans’ strongest alternative for the November
ballot, and he gets our endorsement.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage County Board to spend $32,600 on study analyzing the benefits of
eliminating the recorder’s office – ALICIA FABBRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-recorders-office-study-st-0228-20200226-oi5c4eel45hntew5ze4xpv4nzu-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING,
TRAGIC: Pot pushers use medial pot to push recreational pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-home-grow-20200228-2uzeysxfwnanpormf67dvmpvw4-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker yanks three Racing Board members from the saddle over campaign
contributions Leaders of the regulatory agency are barred from political
activity under the state’s new gambling expansion law. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/27/21156913/illinois-racing-board-pritzker-brincat-resign-sronce-ramirez
— The rest of the nation is rooting for an Illinois progressive income tax
Other states know a progressive tax would be one more self-inflicted blow to
the economy of Illinois, certain to drive dollars, jobs and families into their
waiting arms. – Todd Maisch
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/27/21156157/illinois-graduated-income-tax-progressive-chamber-commerce-todd-maisch
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s largest employers 2020 As always, the public sector dominates the
top five in our annual ranking. See who else made the list. – KASEY
HARIMAN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-list/chicagos-largest-employers-2020
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: The damaging
divide Long-standing racial and ethnic disparities in Chicago are growing ever
wider, and researchers say the cost will be borne by everybody, regardless of
color.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-racial-gaps/forum-self-defeating-divide
CBS2
— Chicago Conventions Affected By Coronavirus Concerns – Vince Gerasole
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/27/chicago-conventions-affected-by-coronavirus-concerns/
WLS AM
— Democratic donors struggle for a solution as Bernie Sanders hurtles toward a
potential nomination
https://www.wlsam.com/news/democratic-donors-struggle-for-a-solution-as-bernie-sanders-hurtles-toward-a-potential-nomination/
WBEZ
— Alderman Says ‘Army of Italians’ To Protest Switch From Columbus To
Indigenous Peoples’ Day – Sarah Karp
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/alderman-says-army-of-italians-to-protest-switch-from-columbus-to-indigenous-peoples-day/171322f9-5acf-42aa-a0ac-83021880b84e
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Which Democrat will Southern Illinois choose to challenge Trump? Voters
weigh in. – KELSEY LANDIS (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who vote for the
candidate who promises to use government a) to take the most income, assets,
and opportunities away from those who do NOT share their demographics (for
example, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American,
and/or non-recent immigrant) and b) to give most income, assets, and
opportunities to those who share their demographics (for example, Democrat,
minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or
recent immigrant)?)
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/election/article240695806.html
ILLINOIS TIMES
— Blagojevich emerges from prison unchanged – Rich Miller
https://www.illinoistimes.com/springfield/blagojevich-emerges-from-prision-unchanged/Content?oid=11867986
FOX MILWAUKEE
— BBB: Scammers using phony political fundraising calls to trick Americans
into donating
https://fox6now.com/2020/02/27/bbb-scammers-using-phony-political-fundraising-calls-to-trick-americans-into-donating/
WQAD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/hickey-brothers-pushes-for-marijuana-lounge/526-b2d6c286-d257-42c7-a75e-30acae9860cd
ROBERT FEDER
— Before he became ‘Mayor Pete,’ Buttigieg worked as NBC 5 investigative
intern (DIERSEN: 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 subordinated did not want me to transfer, but failing
that, they wanted me to transfer as a GS-4 Step 1 (currently $34,610/year)
intern, that is, to suffer a $61,821/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 for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the
GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/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 that I transferred
with me almost 12 years of federal seniority, 30 days of unused vacation days,
and 130 unused sick days.)
https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/02/28/became-mayor-pete-buttigieg-worked-nbc-5-investigative-intern/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Chicago Sun-Times Legislative Questionnaire
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/28/chicago-sun-times-legislative-questionnaire/
— TP Mathews Defends McHenry Township Trustees Anderson, Verr and Rakestraw
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/28/tp-mathews-defends-mchenry-township-trustees-anderson-verr-and-rakestraw/
— Marijuana Grow Facility Meeting in Harvard
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/28/marijuana-grow-meeting-in-harvard/
CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker over Rauner, 130-10
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/28/pritzker-over-rauner-130-10/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Dems’ presidential wannabes pander to Sanders and the crazy leftists
Democrats are surrendering control of their party – David Keene
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/27/democratic-presidential-wannabes-pander-to-bernie-/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: It should be illegal to encourage illegal activity.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/in-united-states-v-sineneng-smith-supreme-court-should-stand-up-for-the-right-to-encourage-illegal-immigration
GOPUSA
— Bernie Sanders’ Brand Of Socialism Is Communism
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=85437
— Media Peddles Coronavirus Panic, Indulges In Trump Bashing
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=85435
AMERICAN THINKER
— Bernie to Biden: The Democrat candidate spectrum is a mess – Josh Kantrow
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/bernie_to_biden_the_democrat_candidate_spectrum_is_a_mess.html
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Sanders Hates The Country He Seeks To Lead’: Tucker Breaks Down Bernie’s
‘Radical Open Borders Policy’ – SCOTT MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/27/tucker-carlson-bernie-sanders-immigration/
DAILY WIRE
— Democrats Lie About Coronavirus To Attack Trump. Their Policies Could Make
Fighting Pandemics More Difficult. – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-lie-about-coronavirus-to-attack-trump-their-policies-could-make-fighting-disease-more-difficult
FEDERALIST
— Refusing To Attend AIPAC Underscores Bernie’s Reliance On People Who Hate
Jews By hypocritically labeling the AIPAC lobby a source of bigotry, the
Democratic front-runner helps boosts his supporters’ efforts to delegitimize
the Jewish state. – Jonathan S. Tobin
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/27/refusing-to-attend-aipac-underscores-bernies-reliance-on-people-who-hate-jews/
THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To defeat Trump, Trump-haters will do everything that they
can to destroy America’s economy.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/485078-republicans-growing-nervous-about-2020-economy
— Sanders, socialism emerge as top targets at CPAC – JULIA MANCHESTER AND TAL
AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/485063-sanders-socialism-emerge-as-top-targets-at-cpac
— White House chief of staff claims press covering coronavirus to take Trump
down – MORGAN CHALFANT
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/485114-white-house-chief-of-staff-claims-press-covering-coronavirus-to-take
POLITICO
— GOP scramble is on to succeed Donald Trump in 2024 From Mike Pence and Mike
Pompeo to Nikki Haley and Ted Cruz, the cast of potential White House hopefuls
is out in force at CPAC. – ALEX ISENSTADT
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/28/2024-republicans-trump-cpac-117991
NEW YORK TIMES
— How Bloomberg Outspent His Rivals, and Sanders Outraised Them All – Sarah
Almukhtar, Thomas Kaplan, K.K. Rebecca Lai and Rachel Shorey (DIERSEN: What
motivates you to give money to candidates? For me, it includes the candidate’s
record of defending and advancing the Republican Party platform, including its
traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal
drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving)
planks. For me, it includes their record of opposing the promotion of
dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion,
mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze,
gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation
discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for
opposing promotion of the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/21/us/politics/democratic-fundraising-numbers-february.html
— FRONT PAGE: Democratic Leaders Willing to Risk Party Damage to Stop Bernie
Sanders Interviews with dozens of Democratic Party officials, including 93
superdelegates, found overwhelming opposition to handing Mr. Sanders the
nomination if he fell short of a majority of delegates. – Lisa Lerer and Reid
J. Epstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/us/politics/democratic-superdelegates.html
— Pelosi, Trying to Save House Majority, Fends Off Angst Over Sanders At a
closed-door meeting, Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Democrats to “keep our eye on
the ball” and mocked President Trump’s skin color: “The ball has an orange
face.” – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/us/politics/pelosi-sanders-democrats.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/business/economy/immigration-economy-mulvaney-trump.html
— Most Coronavirus Cases Are Mild. That’s Good and Bad News. More than 80
percent of confirmed coronavirus cases are not severe, according to a large
Chinese study. But mild symptoms could also make the epidemic harder to
contain. – Vivian Wang
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/world/asia/coronavirus-treament-recovery.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Bernie Sanders’s Biggest Problem Isn’t Socialism It’s his disdain for his
country. That’s the lesson Democrats should draw from Corbyn’s catastrophe. –
Joseph C. Sternberg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bernie-sanderss-biggest-problem-isnt-socialism-11582827748
— Whistleblower Says Federal Employees Flown From Coronavirus Sites Didn’t
Follow Safety Protocols Employees weren’t tested for virus before leaving
California quarantine sites on commercial flights, complaint says – Stephanie
Armour and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whistleblower-says-federal-employees-flown-from-coronavirus-sites-didnt-follow-safety-protocols-11582840144
— Some Southern Democrats Say Sanders Nomination Would Hurt Down-Ballot
Candidates Party leaders in Carolinas, Florida worry about a democratic
socialist as the Democratic nominee – Valerie Bauerlein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-southern-democrats-say-sanders-nomination-would-hurt-down-ballot-candidates-11582885802
— A Big Question in Retirement Planning: How Long Will I Live? How to factor
lifespan and health—two big wild cards—into financial planning – Anne Tergesen
(DIERSEN: What do you say to those who talk and/or act like they want to die
young? They drink lots of booze, gamble lots of money, smoke lots of pot, etc.
They certainly do not save for their retirement.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-big-question-in-retirement-planning-how-long-will-i-live-11582803000
EXAMINER ENTERPRISE
— Lawmakers push back against effort to reduce qualifications for agency heads
– Carmen Forman (DIERSEN: If I had not had a high school diploma, the Post
Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had not had a bachelor’s degree in
management, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970, Oldsmobile would
not have offered me a job in 1971, and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If
I had not been taking graduate business courses, IRS might not have promoted me
in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA and passed the CPA
examination on my first attempt, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had
not earned a master’s degree in accounting and passed the Certified Internal
Auditor examination on my first attempt, GAO would not have promoted me in
1986. If I had not been taking graduate finance courses and earned a master’s
degree in finance, GAO would have succeeded in forcing me to retire earlier
than it did.)
https://www.examiner-enterprise.com/entertainment/20200227/lawmakers-push-back-against-effort-to-reduce-qualifications-for-agency-heads
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Virginia lawmaker asks presidential candidates for plans to reinvigorate
federal service – Eric White (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal
government reinvigorated their employees who were Democrat, minority, female,
younger, and/or veteran by getting rid of their employees who were Republican,
White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176)
by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by
age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2020/02/virginia-lawmaker-asks-presidential-candidates-for-plans-to-reinvigorate-federal-service/
GAO
— FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET REQUEST
https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-20-429T
(FROM THE WEBSITE: The
majority of the people at GAO who are engaged in mission work are analysts.
Analysts review federal agency programs and operations and federal activities
in all areas. Working on audits in certain areas (such as Information
Technology or Financial Management) may require specific experience or
qualifications. Typically, an analyst works as part of a team and uses methodological,
research, documenting, writing, and presenting skills.)
BBC
— Are you a ‘cultural fit’ for your job? – Chris Baraniuk (DIERSEN: Democrats
run the federal government. According to them, the more of the following that
you are, the more of a cultural fit that you are: Democrat, minority, female,
younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, non-conservative, and if
your ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200227-are-you-a-cultural-fit-for-your-job-machines-can-now-tell
CHARTERED MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
— PROMOTING POTENTIAL OVER EXPERIENCE – Rachel Willcox (DIERSEN: Democrats run
the federal government. According to them, federal employees who are
Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran have potential only if they make
GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30,
GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently
$170,800) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid
promotion deadlines.)
https://www.managers.org.uk/insights/news/2020/february/promoting-potential-over-experience
