June 4, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Saint Ignatius priest grazed while confronting suspected catalytic converter thieves in Little Italy – Rob Hughes
https://abc7chicago.com/post/italy-chicago-shooting-today-st-ignatius-priest-jeremiah/14907272/
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in forcing LGBTQ on everyone.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mayor-brandon-johnson-local-leaders-raise-progress-pride/14906569/
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans. My Democrat superiors in the federal government had great success in promoting hatred against Republicans. I became eligible to take early retirement in 1993 when I was 45 years old. I was able to survive another 4 years before my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” and gave by Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. If there had been as much Democrat-generated hatred within GAO against Republicans back then as there is now, they would have succeeded in forcing me to retire much sooner. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 even though I had earned my third job-related master’s degree and my sixth job-related professional certification that year. Previously, I had earned job related professional certifications in 1996,1994,1990, 1981, and 1979 and I had earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cook-county-city-chicago-officials-encourage-community-submit/14906518/

NBC5
— ‘Flash mob’ involving hundreds of teens leads to cancellation of suburban carnival. Posen police said just before 7 p.m. Sunday that officers were working to disperse crowds after a “large fight” broke out, the second such incident to take place at the carnival since it began. – Regina Waldroup (COMMENT: Posen today, your municipality tomorrow.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-carnival-abruptly-shut-down-early-due-to-large-fight-police-say/3453275/
— Sidewalk snow removal pilot sparks intense debate among Chicago lawmakers (COMMENT: My wife and I walked to/from Wheaton train stations 1978-1997. We greatly appreciated those homeowners who shoveled their sidewalks.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/sidewalk-snow-removal-pilot-sparks-intense-debate-among-chicago-lawmakers/3453897/
— Peloton users report bike systems ‘freezing’ following latest software update (COMMENT: Recently, I bought a Gotrax Dolphin from Amazon.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/peloton-users-report-bike-systems-freezing-following-latest-software-update/3454101/

CBS2
— Catalytic converter thief fires shots at priest near Chicago Catholic school, UIC – Darius Johnson, Todd Feurer, Adam Harrington
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/st-ignatius-shots-fired-at-priest-catalytic-converter-thieves/
— Chicago alderwoman believes she was targeted with signs about Gaza because she is Jewish – Adam Harrington, Natalie Goldstick, Steffanie Dupree
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-alderwoman-signs-gaza/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/long-delays-hurdles-asylum-seekers-chicago-work-permits/

FOX32
— Chicago gunmen open fire on Jesuit priest after he catches them stealing catalytic converter
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-gunmen-open-fire-jesuit-priest-catalytic-converter-theft
— Chicago woman suffers miscarriage after she and husband attacked by teens in Streeterville
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-woman-husband-attacked-teens-streeterville
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGwxkjtc3NY
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-pride-month-flag-raising
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM71TV2Vg6s

WTTW
— After Would-Be Illinois GOP Candidates Sue, Judge Considering Whether Slated Candidates Can Appear on November Ballot – Hannah Meisel (COMMENT: U.S. President was the only contested Republican primary race in my precinct. One office would have been “no candidate” if it had not been filled by write-in. As Democrats ever-increasingly run Illinois, anticipate/expect fewer and fewer and fewer candidates will run as Republicans. Further, anticipate/expect that fewer and fewer and fewer of them will be conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://news.wttw.com/2024/06/03/after-would-be-illinois-gop-candidates-sue-judge-considering-whether-slated-candidates
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Sangamon County judge is weighing whether to block a new state law that bans the long-practiced tradition of political parties slating candidates for a general election after sitting out of a primary race. Democrats who control the General Assembly pushed the measure through the legislative process and Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed it into law in a matter of days last month, arguing that slating is unfair to voters who didn’t get a say in a primary contest. Several would-be Republican candidates then sued over the law, claiming it’s unfair to ban the practice in the middle of an election cycle.)

WBEZ
— Ahead of the DNC, Chicago IG warns about police tactics, ‘insufficient’ training. Experts flag issues leading up to the Democratic National Convention in August, including foreign interference.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2024/06/03/ahead-of-the-dnc-chicago-ig-warns-about-police-tactics-insufficient-training

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Dolton trustees override Mayor Tiffany Henyard’s veto, solidifying the hiring of Lori Lightfoot as special investigator. – OLIVIA STEVENS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/03/dolton-trustees-override-mayor-tiffany-henyards-veto-solidifying-the-hiring-of-lori-lightfoot-as-special-investigator/
— Hemp can get you high. Illinois needs to better protect its minors. – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/03/editorial-hemp-can-get-you-high-illinois-needs-to-better-protect-its-minors/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/03/cannabis-dispensary-with-1950s-diner-theme-to-open-in-niles/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect to see fewer and fewer and fewer people who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, gun owners, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/03/fox-valley-mall-in-aurora-wins-international-award-for-its-multicultural-events/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: College graduates are concerned pro-Palestinian activism could deter future employers. – ZAREEN SYED (COMMENT: When you were in high school and college, were you an activist? I was not. I was not active in Republican politics while I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, and DePaul 1976-1980. If I had been active in Republican politics, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/04/college-graduates-are-concerned-pro-palestinian-activism-could-deter-future-employers/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2024/06/03/pride-month-flag-daley-plaza
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrats ever-increasingly paint Democrats as having been the Union Army in Civil War and Republicans as having been the Confederacy.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/06/03/juneteenth-cook-county-chicago-illinois

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrats ever-increasingly make students sexually active LGBTQers.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/06/03/city/evanston-pride-youth-car-parade-cultivates-safe-space-amidst-increased-anti-lgbtq-legislation-nationwide/

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2024/06/03/letter-to-the-editor-dont-dignify-the-lawsuit-targeting-reparations/

SOUTHERN
— Who do hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want the Republican presidential candidate to be instead of Trump?
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/06/04/majority-of-independents-and-double-haters-think-trump-should-end-2024-campaign-poll/

WMBD RADIO
— Judge considering whether slated candidates can appear on November ballot
https://wmbdradio.com/2024/06/04/judge-considering-whether-slated-candidates-can-appear-on-november-ballot/

WIFR
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more contraception.
https://www.wifr.com/2024/06/03/gov-pritzker-pushes-contraception-protections-federal-level/

25 NEWS NOW
— Democrats ever-increasingly push LGBTQ on everyone.
https://www.25newsnow.com/video/2024/06/04/illinois-is-beacon-hope-lgbtq-community-says-state-lawmaker-peoria/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/06/03/19-chicago-lgbtq-organizations-to-support-year-round/

ILLINOIS PATCH
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in taking adverse actions against Trump. How many demographics do you share with Trump? Trump and I share lots of demographics. I should write a book about the adverse actions that my Democrat GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office superiors took against me. Further, I should write another book about the adverse actions that my Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have taken and continue to take against me.
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/il-patch-readers-agree-trump-conviction-slim-margin

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/06/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-302/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois lobbyist Pat Brady, who switched from GOP to Democrats, is an ‘absolute traitor’ who ‘would sell out anyone for those thirty pieces of silver’ – Dan Proft (COMMENT: I should write a book about the many big adverse actions that Pat Brady, his operatives, and his dupes have taken against me.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/660323468-proft-illinois-lobbyist-pat-brady-who-switched-from-gop-to-democrats-is-an-absolute-traitor-who-would-sell-out-anyone-for-those-thirty-pieces-of-silver

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 45.7% of Kane County’s districts student body in 2021-22 school year
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/660250750-enrollment-analysis-hispanic-students-comprised-45-7-of-kane-county-s-districts-student-body-in-2021-22-school-year

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— To promote diversity is to promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, gun owners, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/ballys-chicago-casino-to-host-diversity-vendor-fair-on-june-11/

SOUTH COOK NEWS
— There were 267,255 Hispanic students enrolled in Cook County districts in 2021-22 school year
https://southcooknews.com/stories/660250818-there-were-267-255-hispanic-students-enrolled-in-cook-county-districts-in-2021-22-school-year

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— There were 41,466 Hispanic students enrolled in Lake County school districts in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/660250754-how-many-hispanic-students-were-enrolled-in-lake-county-districts-in-2021-22-school-year

WIREPOINTS
— The evidence so far on Illinois’ ‘Evidence-Based Funding’ for K-12 schools: It’s a flop – Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner and Nick Binotti
https://wirepoints.org/the-evidence-so-far-on-illinois-evidence-based-funding-for-k-12-schools-its-a-flop-wirepoints-special-report/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Big City Blacks, Hispanics Bail on Biden and Democrats – MARK VARGAS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/06/vargas-big-city-blacks-hispanics-bail-on-biden-and-democrats.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Harvard faculty drops mandatory diversity statements in latest blow to DEI push – Valerie Richardson (COMMENT: To promote diversity is to promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, gun owners, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/3/harvard-faculty-drops-mandatory-diversity-statemen/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Brandon Johnson’s agenda will make Chicago schools less safe – Matt Lamb
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3025697/brandon-johnsons-agenda-chicago-schools-less-safe/
— Democrats launch offensive against Republican IVF initiative with new bill. – Ailin Vilches Arguello
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3026084/democrats-offensive-against-republican-ivf-initiative-new-bill/
— The anti-CPAC: A conference for conservatives that prioritize debate not grandstanding – Erin Dunne (COMMENT: I not only attended but helped sponsor many CPACs, but not recently.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/1484642/the-anti-cpac-a-conference-for-conservatives-that-prioritize-debate-not-grandstanding/
— Harvard eliminates DEI requirement for some tenure-track professors – Emily Hallas (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, gun owners, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3026670/harvard-eliminates-dei-requirement-some-tenure-track-professors/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Mexico Elects Sheinbaum as President. State of the Union: The left-populist is open to working with Trump on border enforcement. – Mason Letteau Stallings (COMMENT: Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/mexico-elects-sheinbaum-as-president/

AMERICAN FAMILY NEWS
— No vacation for the agenda: ‘Pride’ push prevails, even when school is out. – Bob Kellogg, Charlie Butts (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexual active LGBTQers?)
https://afn.net/education/2024/06/03/no-vacation-for-the-agenda-pride-push-prevails-even-when-school-is-out/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Biden’s sneaky back-door amnesty for illegals – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/biden_s_sneaky_back_door_amnesty_for_illegals.html

BREITBART
— Biden to Announce Symbolic Election-Year Border Curbs – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/06/03/report-biden-announce-symbolic-border-curbs/
— Backdoor Border: Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants Stay in U.S. Thanks to Case Dismissals. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/06/03/backdoor-border-hundreds-of-thousands-of-migrants-stay-in-u-s-thanks-to-case-dismissals/

COLLEGE FIX
— Don’t say ‘America’: Michigan State has 140+ employees working on 222 DEI action items. – MJ CADMAN
https://www.thecollegefix.com/dont-say-america-michigan-state-has-140-employees-working-on-222-dei-action-items/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Trump Stronger After ‘Conviction’ – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/trump-stronger-after-conviction

DAILY CALLER
— There’s A Long List Of Reasons To Toss Trump’s Conviction — But His Appeal Venue Isn’t The Friendliest – KATELYNN RICHARDSON (COMMENT: The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promoted patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/06/03/trumps-conviction-appeal-venue/

DAILY SIGNAL
— America Is Under Attack – Johnny Cochran
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/06/03/america-is-under-attack/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago leader to stop sharing crime alerts with constituents because they create bad ‘perception’ Alderwoman Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth cited research that states the over-reporting of crime negatively impacts the marginalized and underserved. – Louis Casiano (COMMENT: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. Democrats run the news media. Anticipate/expect ever-increasing underreporting of poverty and crime.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/blue-city-leader-stop-sharing-crime-alerts-constituents-because-create-bad-perception
— Trump vows to fire generals who push wokeness: ‘You can’t have a woke military’ Trump tells ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ US has a ‘great military’ that must be focused on winning wars. – Bailee Hill
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-vows-fire-generals-push-wokeness-cant-woke-military
— Epoch Education CEO Dr. Nancy Dome called employees who don’t accept notions included in CRT, such as the existence of “White privilege,” a “poison to culture and climate,” and criticized equality in favor of equity. The DEI firm’s YouTube videos, meanwhile, espouse CRT’s tenets and indicate that color blindness isn’t sufficient. – Hannah Grossman
https://www.foxnews.com/media/school-district-dei-trainer-says-american-flag-hate-symbol-resisting-employees-fired

JUDICIAL WATCH
— TRUMP VERDICT OUTRAGE: CAN THE COUNTRY BE SAVED?!
https://www.judicialwatch.org/videos/trump-verdict-outrage-can-the-country-be-saved/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Harvard Faculty End Mandatory DEI Statements in Hiring – CAROLINE DOWNEY
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/harvard-faculty-end-mandatory-dei-statements-in-hiring/

PJ MEDIA
— Barack Obama Offered Jeremiah Wright Hush Money During 2008 Campaign – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/06/03/obama-offered-jeremiah-wright-hush-money-during-2008-campaign-n4929574

TOWNHALL
— Crime and Punishment in Joe Biden’s America – Brent Bozell III
https://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozelliii/2024/06/04/crime-and-punishment-in-joe-bidens-america-n2639947#google_vignette

TURNING POINT USA
— State Department DEI Practices have led to Inefficiencies in Hiring – Stephen Davis (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.tpusa.com/live/new-report-claims-state-department-dei-practices-have-led-to-inefficiencies-in-hiring

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4700827-biden-campaign-looks-to-mobilize-lgbtq-voters-with-pride-month-media-blitz/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— CEOs made nearly 200 times what their workers got paid last year (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://apnews.com/article/ceo-pay-compensation-ratio-workers-fa25db3338b68ad9eb395dfd46190383

MSN
— What Car Is The Most Woke? – Amber DaSilv (COMMENT: The vehicles that you own say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/what-car-is-the-most-woke/ar-BB1nymHl

NEW YORK TIMES
— Another Milestone in Mexico: Its First Jewish President – Simon Romero and Natalie Kitroeff
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/world/americas/claudia-sheinbaum-jewish-mexico-president.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/24/us/politics/trump-election-results-doubt.html
— Benjamin B. Bolger has 14 advanced degrees, plus an associate’s and a bachelor’s. I have only 4 degrees, a 1997 master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT, a 1980 master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, a 1976 MBA from Loyola, and a 1970 bachelor’s degree in management from NIU.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/magazine/benjamin-bolger-college-harvard-yale.html

WASHINGTON POST
— If Trump is not elected president on November 5, 2024, no Republican president will ever be elected president again.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/03/mexico-sheinbaum-morena-one-party-state/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrats focus on getting everyone to despise/hate Republicans. I should write about what my Democrat GAO superiors did to get my Black GAO subordinates to despise/hate me. When I was 49 years old in 1997, they succeeded in forcing me to retire and they gave one of my Black subordinates my job and my preferred corner office.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-06-03/we-refuse-american-history-juneteenth

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/06/03/gay-transgender-least-most-welcoming-states/73909721007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Mexico Hands More Power to the Left. President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum and her Morena party win big. The peso and stock market fell in response. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/claudia-sheinbaum-mexico-presidential-election-amlo-xochitl-galvez-f70301fd

https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/mexico-election-president-claudia-sheinbaum-af55cbce

FORBES
— Garmin DriveCam 76 Review: Finally, A GPS Device With A Built-In Dash Camera – William Roberson (COMMENT: I am considering buying this for my 2018 Chevrolet Cruze LT.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/billroberson/2023/02/28/garmin-drivecam-76-finally-a-gps-device-with-a-built-in-dash-camera/

HARVAD BUSINESS REVIEW & FORBES & INC.
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://hbr.org/2024/06/research-why-companies-should-disclose-their-lack-of-progress-on-dei
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2024/06/03/stop-the-dei-backslide-with-these-4-steps/?sh=3d3bdc484910
https://www.inc.com/sarah-lynch/business-leaders-arent-abandoning-dei-even-if-staying-quiet.html

SOUTH COAST TODAY
— What are e-bikes? Here’s what riders say you need to know. – Matthew Ferreira (COMMENT: Recently, I bought a Gotrax Dolphin from Amazon.)
https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/2024/06/03/what-are-e-bikes-and-can-you-ride-them-on-the-road-cycling-experts-give-pros-and-cons/73909707007/

POLITICO
— More Republicans now identify as working or lower class than Democrats. And white voters without a college education, once a core Democratic constituency, remain a key element of Trump’s reelection bid heading into November. – TOM MCGRATH (COMMENT: My parents were conservative Republicans. Neither of them attended college. My father was the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He often decried his not having a college degree. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/06/04/yuppies-donald-trump-book-excerpt-00160689

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.