June 11, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats say “Chicago migrants, West Ridge migrants to move to Daley College Sunday.” In which buildings are Democrats and RINOs housing illegals in your county, in your township, and your municipality?
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-immigrants-asylum-seekers-news/13368612/
— Democrats say “Trump set for first public appearances since federal indictment, speaking in Georgia, North Carolina.”
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-public-appearance-federal-indictment-2024-presidential-race/13365904/

CBS2
— Democrats say “Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks in support of guaranteed income program.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote dependency on government.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/johnson-guaranteed-income/

NBC5
— Democrats ever-increasingly use their indictments against Trump against Trump. I should write a book about how my Democrat IRS superiors used against me their disallowance of my travel vouchers in 1974 and their disallowance of my education deductions in 1978. GAO audits IRS. I should write a book about how my Democrat GAO superiors used against me their forcing me to suffer a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. That pay cut rendered the following worthless: a) my almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year, b) my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and e) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/from-mar-a-lago-to-the-courthouse-a-timeline-of-events-leading-to-donald-trumps-2nd-indictment/3158875/

WTTW
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote reparations to get more votes from Blacks and to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://news.wttw.com/2023/06/10/illinois-commission-aims-research-reparations-educate-public-about-issue

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-trump-indictment-classified-documents-20230611-wjmb4rflzfh6bo63lhjnwihh3i-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— What Chicago’s new mayor means for the suburbs – Matt Paprocki
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20230611/what-chicagos-new-mayor-means-for-the-suburbs
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote dependency on government and on charity.
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20230611/good-news-sunday-northern-illinois-food-bank-honors-40-years-of-helping-neighbors

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Bill funding restoration of historic Hotel Florence going to Pritzker’s desk – Corli Jay (COMMENT: IRS sent me to Hotel Florence to collect delinquent taxes from its residents in 1973 when I was a 24-year-old GS-9 (currently $63,633/year) IRS Revenue Officer.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-legislature-passes-pullmans-hotel-florence-restoration-bill

STATELINE & OUR QUAD CITIES
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Christie to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/chris-christie-details-of-trump-indictment-devastating-damning/
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/chris-christie-details-of-trump-indictment-devastating-damning/

SOUTHERN & WREX & ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2023/06/10/illinois-adopts-new-lgbtq-protections-for-community-deemed-under-attack-in-the-us/
https://www.wrex.com/news/illinois-lawmakers-react-to-human-rights-campaign-state-of-emergency-for-lgbtq/article_53017444-07ec-11ee-8702-77f04f033056.html
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/cu-lgbtq-community-on-hrc-declaration/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “What declining Army recruitment numbers mean for the future of U.S. national security.” In 1966, when I was 18 years old, I was 1-A for the Viet Nam War draft even though a) I could not run because of a bone disease, b) my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and c) I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-06-11/what-declining-army-recruitment-numbers-mean-for-the-future-of-u-s-national-security
— Democrats ever-increasingly push illegal drugs.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-06-11/students-are-being-trained-in-how-to-use-the-overdose-reversal-drug-narcan
— Democrats say “Trump’s indictment may not affect his popularity with supporters.” Ever-increasingly, calling someone a Trump supporter in America today is like calling someone a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-06-11/politics-chat-trumps-indictment-may-not-affect-his-popularity-with-supporters

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/giannoulias-heralds-bill-as-first-in-nation-to-protect-license-plate-data-in-abortion-immigration/article_2e54e958-063b-11ee-9aa8-5fdac2924078.html

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Democrats say “Illinois hospitality industry wants to expedite migrant work permits.” If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are today, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. Those jobs doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, and delivering mail enabled me to a) buy a 1958 Chevrolet in 1964, b) buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, c) pay for my UIC expenses 1966-1968, d) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, e) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, f) pay for my NIU expenses 1969-1970, and g) graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970. I should write a book about critics/opponents who reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform and want cheap labor. I would focus on those whose parents a) had lots of money, b) bought them cars, c) paid for their college expenses, and d) got them jobs.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2023/06/09/migrant-work-permits-restaurants

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

IBENDAHL ON POLITICS
— Donald Trump Is Still The One
https://ibendahlonpolitics.com/2023/06/10/donald-trump-is-still-the-one/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Durbin Questions Witnesses During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Immigrant Workers, Agriculture, And Need For Immigration Reform (COMMENT: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/643570253-durbin-questions-witnesses-during-senate-judiciary-committee-hearing-on-immigrant-workers-agriculture-and-need-for-immigration-reform

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Opportunity to Comment on Presumed Trump Indictment
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/06/09/opportunity-to-comment-on-trump-indictment/
— McHenry County Resources Used to Help Addicted Break Cycle
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/06/09/mchenry-county-resources-used-to-help-addicted-break-cycle/
— Fox River Grove Raises Real Estate Taxes, Cuts Electricity Taxes
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/06/09/rox-river-grove-raises-taxes-cuts-electricity-fees/
–Young People Have Highest Approval for Government Surveillance in Their Homes
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/06/09/young-people-have-highest-approval-for-government-surveillance-in-their-homes/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court can acknowledge affirmative action as reverse discrimination – Tom Basile (COMMENT: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. Affirmative Action (AA) is legalized discrimination. Democrats and RINOs use AA to get rid of Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that you are, the more that Democrats and RINOs use AA to get rid of you. I should write a book about what my career in the federal government would have been if I had been a Democrat, and especially if I had been a minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if my ancestors had not been in America since 1844. I would have made Senior Executive Service (currently $183,500/year) by the time I was 40 a) because I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27, b) because I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) because I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31, and d) because I passed the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jun/10/supreme-court-can-acknowledge-affirmative-action-a/

NEW YORK POST
— Why LGBTQ community is running out of Pride — and into the arms of the GOP – Chadwick Moore
https://nypost.com/2023/06/10/lgbts-are-running-out-of-pride/

AMERICAN THINKER
— America’s Headlong Rush Back to Slavery – John Green (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that all the problems that Blacks have are caused by their ancestors having been slaves.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/06/americas_headlong_rush_back_to_slavery.html
— Democrats don’t care what Americans think because Americans don’t hold them accountable – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/06/democrats_dont_care_what_americans_think_because_americans_dont_hold_them_accountable.html

BREITBART
— Left Wants to Replace Faith with State Religion of Wokeism – Josh Hawley (COMMENT: How strongly, if at all, have the following spoken out against wokeism: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), b) your representative on the IRP State Central Committee, c) the leaders of your Republican county party organization, d) the leaders of your Republican township/ward party organization, e) your Republican state senator and representative, f) the Republican leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district, g) those who will be candidates in the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct, h) conservative leaders and activists in your area, and i) religious leaders and activists in your area? I should write about the aforesaid in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my school district.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/06/10/josh-hawley-left-wants-replace-faith-state-religion-wokeism/
— Los Angeles Officially Declares ‘Sanctuary City’ Status for Criminal Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: To be a sanctuary city is to secede from the United States and to declare war on the United States.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/06/10/los-angeles-officially-declares-sanctuary-city-status-for-criminal-illegal-aliens/
— 13K Chinese Migrants Apprehended on U.S.-Mexico Border Since October – RANDY CLARK
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2023/06/10/exclusive-13k-chinese-migrants-apprehended-on-u-s-mexico-border-since-october/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— There Is No Border Security Without E-Verify – Mark Krikorian
https://cis.org/Oped/There-No-Border-Security-Without-EVerify

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Unveil Massive New Amnesty Bill for 75% Of Illegal Aliens – IRA MEHLMAN (COMMENT: The Democrat Party’s plan for destroying the Republican Party once and for all is a) to flood America with citizens of foreign countries who need/want massive government assistance and b) to give them the right to vote.)
https://dailycaller.com/2023/06/10/mehlman-democrats-unveil-massive-new-amnesty-bill-for-75-of-illegal-aliens/

FEDERALIST
— On Trump And Everything Else, The Regime Has Gaslighted America Into Oblivion – KYLEE GRISWOLD
https://thefederalist.com/2023/06/10/on-trump-and-everything-else-the-regime-has-gaslighted-america-into-oblivion/

FOX NEWS
— Los Angeles City Council advances motion to become nation’s newest ‘sanctuary city’ Los Angeles is home to around 1 million migrants in the country illegally – Brie Stimson (COMMENT: To be a sanctuary city is to secede from the United States and to declare war on the United States.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/los-angeles-city-council-votes-advance-motion-become-sanctuary-city
— Asian American student speaks out on affirmative action: ‘Deck is stacked against kids that look like me’ ‘We can’t be racially deciding who gets into college, because I think that people of all races are deserving of the American dream,’ said the student. – Agustin Hays (COMMENT: To advance those who vote for Democrats, Democrats are ever-increasingly destroying meritocracy. Unlike Asian Americans, those who vote for Democrats need/want massive government assistance.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/asian-american-student-speaks-affirmative-action-deck-stacked-against-kids-look-like-me
— North Carolina GOP censures Sen. Thom Tillis for straying from party on guns, immigration, LGBTQ+ rights – Andrea Vacchiano (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/north-carolina-gop-censures-senator-thom-tillis-straying-party-guns-immigration-lgbtq-rights

HOT AIR
— GOP wrecking ball erodes support for woke shareholder proposals – TYLER DURDEN
https://hotair.com/headlines/2023/06/10/gop-wrecking-ball-erodes-support-for-woke-shareholder-proposals-n556957
— Florida Republicans are united on condemning Trump indictment – ERNESTO SAMPERA (COMMENT: How strongly, if at all, have the following condemned the Trump indictment: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), b) your representative on the IRP State Central Committee, c) the leaders of your Republican county party organization, d) the leaders of your Republican township/ward party organization, e) your Republican state senator and representative, f) the Republican leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district, g) those who will be candidates in the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct, h) conservative leaders and activists in your area, and i) religious leaders and activists in your area?)
https://hotair.com/headlines/2023/06/10/fl-republicans-united-on-condemning-trump-indictment-n556956

JONATHAN TURLEY
— Half of Americans Disapprove of Affirmative Action (COMMENT: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. Affirmative Action (AA) is legalized discrimination. Democrats and RINOs use AA to get rid of Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that you are, the more that Democrats and RINOs use AA to get rid of you. I should write a book about that.)
https://jonathanturley.org/2023/06/10/pew-half-of-americans-disapprove-of-affirmative-action-in-college-admissions/comment-page-2/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Press Has Picked a Side, and It’s Not the Parents – BECKET ADAMS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/06/the-press-has-picked-a-side-and-its-not-the-parents/

NEWSMAX
— DeSantis Vows Economy Return, End to ‘Woke’ Culture – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/desantis-tulsa-2024/2023/06/10/id/1123123/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CNN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/10/politics/white-house-biden-pride-event/index.html

YAHOO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.yahoo.com/anti-lgbtq-backlash-rattles-us-013708405.html

ABC LOS ANGELES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7.com/los-angeles-pride-in-the-park-lgbtq-community-parade/13367765/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/10/us/politics/pride-event-biden-lgbtq-rights.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000008946938/biden-lgbtq-rights.html
— To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. Affirmative Action (AA) is legalized discrimination. Democrats and RINOs use AA to get rid of Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that you are, the more that Democrats and RINOs use AA to get rid of you. I should write a book about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/11/us/supreme-court-affirmative-action.html
— Democrats say “22-Year-Old Homeowner? It Took a Little Luck.” Back in the good old days, back when I was 24 years old in September of 1972, I bought a new town home in University Park. The down payment came from what I had earned a) working full-time for IRS for the previous 15 months (my salary had just increased from $52,022/year to $63,,633/year in todays’ dollars), b) working part-time for Firestone Store in Chicago Heights for the previous 18 months, and c) working full-time for that store for 7 months before that. That income also enabled me to buy a new 1972 Corvette 11 months before and to pay for graduate business courses at Loyola for the previous 9 months.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/10/business/scratch-off-lottery-ticket-home-sales.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America, b) call you a racist if you do not promote Affirmative Action (AA), and c) use AA to get rid of Republicans. Ever-increasingly, to call someone a racist in America today is like calling someone a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opinion/resistance-black-advancement-affirmative-action.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in making teens LGBTQers.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/03/upshot/up-lgbtq-teens.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/10/florida-anti-lgbtq-laws/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/06/10/dc-pride-parade-lgbtq/

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/10/joe-biden-criticizes-ron-desantis-at-white-house-pride-event/70309350007/

TIMES & DEMOCRAT
— Democrats acknowledge that “Social Conservatism In U.S. Highest In A Decade.” I am a social conservative. I should write a book about those who despise/hate social conservatives the most. I would focus on past/present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, Republican county party organizations, and Republican township/ward party organizations, b) Republican U.S. Senators, U.S. Congressmen/women, state senators, and state representatives, c) Republican leaders of Illinois, counties, townships, municipalities, and school districts, d) Republican candidates ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders and activists, and i) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://thetandd.com/partners/cnn/social-conservatism-in-u-s-highest-in-a-decade/video_30530c06-5aca-5b72-a20d-562899d84d4d.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Chicago Business Group Backs Big Push Into Violence Prevention. With pledge to help cut homicides in half, group offers support for new mayor’s focus on root causes of crime. – Joe Barrett (COMMENT: The root cause of poverty and crime in Chicago is the Democrat Party’s success since the 1960s in destroying traditional Black marriage and the traditional Black family.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-business-group-backs-big-push-into-violence-prevention-76276463

WHITE HOUSE
— If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which my Democrat GAO superiors gave bigger pay increases to and promoted over me my Democrat coworkers who were minority and/or female and a) who had less job-related work experience than I had, b) who had less job-related education than I had, and/or c) who had fewer job-related professional certifications and licenses than I had. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/10/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-60th-anniversary-of-the-equal-pay-act/

EEOC
— 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. That dramatically changed my life forever. Because of that, a) my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me and b) I accepted a job offer from IRS. I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer 1971-1980. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes continue to use that against me viciously. In my defense, I never applied to work for IRS. I had taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970. When IRS offered me the job, I had just been rudely fired by the manager of the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights for accepting a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Further, my application for a financial hardship draft deferment was pending and I needed income to help support my mother and brother. Further, because I had worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office for almost 3 years while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1969, my becoming a federal employee again gave me almost 3 years of full-time federal seniority and reinstatement of my unused sick leave. Further, my $52,022/year GS-7 Step 1 IRS salary in today’s dollars was more than what my Firestone salary had been and the benefits were much better.
https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/r3-government-solutions-pay-82500-resolve-eeoc-discrimination-and-retaliation-suit

AMERICAN PROGRESS
— America’s Electoral Future. The Coming Generational Transformation. (COMMENT: From what see, ever-increasingly, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO Republican Party leaders in Illinois a) discourage those from running for office who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) encourage those to run for office who are moderate/liberal, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/americas-electoral-future-3/

POLITICO
— Democrats say “Trump vows to stay in the race even if convicted.” I kept on applying for promotions while I was an IRS employee 1975-1980 even though my Democrat IRS superiors a) had disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) had forced the IRS manager to transfer to Texas in 1975 who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and c) had disallowed my education deductions in 1978. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I kept on applying for promotions while I was a GAO employee 1980-1986 even though my Democrat GAO superiors a) had forced me to suffer a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and b) had refused to assign me to audits of IRS. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and had become a licensed CPA in 1981. I stopped applying for promotions after 1986 because my Democrat GAO superiors a) had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, gotten me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986 and b) had warned me to never apply for promotions again. The aforesaid is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/10/trump-vows-to-stay-in-the-race-even-if-convicted-00101403

AXIOS
— Democrats say “DeSantis and Pence circle the wagons around Trump after indictment.” No one can say that those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters ever circled any wagons around me before/after my critics/opponents took adverse actions against me. My critics/opponents destroy those who come to my defense. I should write a book about that.
https://www.axios.com/2023/06/10/desantis-pence-trump-indictment

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.