March 23, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Thieves break into vehicles at 15 locations in O’Hare area. Under the Democrats, crime ever-increasingly increases. How much will crime have to increase before Republicans are elected again in DuPage County?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-thieves-target-least-15-vehicles-ohare-oriole-park-norwood-police-warn/16070925/
— Pritzker tries to chart a path for national Democrats to counter Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-tries-chart-path-national-democrats-counter-president-donald-trump/16068496/

NBC5
— Suburban postal workers hold rally amid uncertainty over Trump administration cuts. The Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966 a) if it had not gotten extra money to deal with the 1966 Christmas rush and b) if it could have found a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would have taken the job. I qualified myself a) by passing the postal employment examination, b) by earning a high school diploma, c) by passing a truck driving test, and d) by owning a car that I could use to deliver mail with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIwx1j_j3Bk

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/immigrant-advocates-chicago-protests-may-day-preview/
— GOP grapples with mounting frustration over DOGE cuts. What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on government spending?
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/gop-grapples-with-mounting-frustration-over-doge-cuts/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— At state job fair, DOGE cuts hit home for federal workers. Gingrich cuts hit home for me. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/22/doge-cuts/
— Amid Musk backlash, Tesla used car market slumping in Chicago. Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/22/backlash-musk-tesla-used-car-slump/
— The downside of early retirement. Because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, in today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension a) is only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and b) is less than what my IRS salary was in 1972. But far worse than that, my critics/opponents have always viciously used against me my having been forced to retire early. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I must be an extremely bad person because I was forced to retire even though I had so many qualifications. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that. GAO audits IRS. I had earned an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance in 1997. I had passed on my first attempt the CPA examination in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. I had earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I had become a licensed CPA in 1981.  My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle a) the fact that I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit since 1988 that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) the fact that Gingrich had dramatically cut GAO’s budget, and c) the fact that my Democrat GAO superiors gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, had no CPA license like the one I had, and had always ran the office’s Black History Month events.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/17/jill-on-money-advice-for-laid-off-workers/
— Trump avoided the Vietnam War draft. Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use veterans to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/19/column-trump-administrations-dei-purge-is-disrespectful-to-veterans/
— Elon Musk and Gov. JB Pritzker among billionaires spending in pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court race
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/23/wisconsin-supreme-court-race/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/03/22/tesla-takedown-protesters-gold-coast-elon-musk-federal-cuts
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use their illegals to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/03/23/immigrant-health-care-illinois-pritzker-budget-cut
— Two Pritzker-backed proposals, including community college initiative, stalled. One bill would authorize community colleges to offer four-year bachelor’s degree programs. The other proposal centers on reforming local government structures, particularly townships.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/22/jb-pritzker-backed-community-college-four-year-degree-township-rich-miller

WQAD
— Multiple bills addressing ethics reform fail to pass in Illinois
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3iewPB9310

WAND TV
— IL House Republicans argue Democrats missed opportunity to pass significant ethics reforms out of committee
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-house-republicans-argue-democrats-missed-opportunity-to-pass-significant-ethics-reforms-out-of-committee/article_66b92fba-3407-449b-b3a8-5f02d5836a2f.html

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— One organization held an empty chair town hall meeting in Jacksonville Saturday afternoon. After repeated attempts to contact District 15 Representative Mary Miller, frustrated residents gathered Saturday to make their voices heard. How many are on Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/jacksonville-residents-unable-to-reach-elected-congresswoman-with-questions#
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Residents told NewsChannel20 that more than 180,000 people in District 15 are enrolled in Medicaid, they also claimed Miller’s politics do not reflect their whole community.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— HOW THE NEW YORK TIMES IS KILLING AMERICA
https://johnkassnews.com/how-ny-times-and-jacobin-friends-killed-america/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is the Democrat Party’s strategy to win elections? It is to ever-increasingly promote more hatred against voters who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. It is to ever-increasingly shout that those who are the aforesaid are causing all the problems for those who are the following: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Federal Democrat leaders ever-increasingly rally for federal employees. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Gingrich ever-increasingly cut GAO’s budget. There were no rallies for GAO employees. The Democrats who ran GAO made its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or who had ancestors who had been in America for a long time pay the price of Gingrich’s budget cuts. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What does the ruling class in your county, township, municipality, and school district think of you? I should write about the ruling class in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 thinks of me. I would focus on the adverse actions that their members have had their operatives and dupes take against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders have never fought for equal rights. Democrat leaders have always fought for superior rights for those who vote for Democrats. Those who vote for Democrats are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, have financial, health and/or other problems, lack education and/or job skills, want/need/demand massive government assistance, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.  – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What percent of the registered voters in your precinct are not affiliated (NA), that is, what percent have not cast a Republican or Democrat primary ballot? Of the 1,100 registered voters in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, 450 (41%) are NA, 375 (34%) are Republican, and 275 (25%) are Democrat. Why do so many not vote in primary elections? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The downside of early retirement. Because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, in today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension a) is only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and b) is less than what my IRS salary was in 1972. But far worse than that, my critics/opponents have always viciously used against me my having been forced to retire early. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I must be an extremely bad person because I was forced to retire even though I had so many qualifications. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that. GAO audits IRS. I had earned an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance in 1997. I had passed on my first attempt the CPA examination in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. I had earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I had become a licensed CPA in 1981.  My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle a) the fact that I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit since 1988 that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) the fact that Gingrich had dramatically cut GAO’s budget, and c) the fact that my Democrat GAO superiors gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, had no CPA license like the one I had, and had always ran the office’s Black History Month events. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Looking at Illinois Jobs and Population Decline Since Pritzker Has Been Governor (COMMENT: More and more and more Republicans in my precinct and who own Iron Gate Motor Condos have moved to Florida. That is what Pritzker wants.)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/22/looking-at-illinois-jobs-and-population/
— Marengo Democrats Mail in Support of Their Candidates
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/21/marengo-democrats-mail-in-support-of-their-candidates/
— Rockford Blood Bank Promotion Offers Pot
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/21/rockford-blood-bank-promotion-offers-pot/
— Irony in Springfield
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/18/irony-in-springfield/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illinois’ pro-abortion amendment faces religious-freedom lawsuit
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/22/illinois-diocese-sues-state-ban-discriminating-reproductive-health/
— Republicans accuse Democrat Jasmine Crockett of inciting Tesla attacks, call for FBI investigation
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/21/republicans-accuse-democrat-jasmine-crockett-inciting-tesla-attacks/

NEW YORK POST
— The Tesla attacks are proof that the left is turning on itself in orgy of liberal cannibalism
https://nypost.com/2025/03/22/opinion/the-tesla-attacks-are-proof-that-the-left-is-turning-on-itself/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Lengths Democrats Are Willing to Go to Stop Trump
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/03/21/democrats-10-part-strategy-to-stopping-trump-at-any-cost/

DAILY WIRE
— Nearly Two Thirds Of Americans Support Trump’s Deportation Policy
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-two-thirds-of-americans-support-trumps-deportation-policy-poll

EPOCH TIMES
— Marijuana Users Under Age 50 Are 6 Times More Likely to Suffer Heart Attacks
https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/marijuana-users-under-age-50-are-6-times-more-likely-to-suffer-heart-attacks-study-finds-5829434

FEDERALIST
— Legal Complaint Asks Education Department To Probe Alleged Left-Wing GOTV Scheme At Colleges
https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/21/legal-complaint-asks-education-department-to-probe-alleged-left-wing-gotv-scheme-at-colleges/

FOX BUSINESS
— Musk sounds off about Tesla drivers reportedly given low Uber ratings amid nationwide protests. Uber responds to viral anti-Tesla post, saying ratings should be based on ‘quality of service.’ Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/elon-musk-sounds-off-tesla-drivers-reportedly-given-low-uber-ratings-amid-nationwide-protests

FOX NEWS
— Trump, Musk are the radical ruling class’s greatest-ever threat. What does the ruling class in your county, township, municipality, and school district think of you? I should write about the ruling class in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 thinks of me. I would focus on the adverse actions that their members have had their operative and dupes take against me lately.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6370409270112

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— New sheriff in town, Attorney General Pam Bondi, unleashes the DOJ on unhinged Tesla vandals
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/new-sheriff-in-town-attorney-general-pam-bondi-unleashes-the-doj-on-unhinged-tesla-vandals

NEWSMAX
— Thousands of Agents Diverted to Trump Immigration Crackdown
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-immigration-crackdown/2025/03/22/id/1203910/

PJ MEDIA
— Trump Revokes Legal Status of Migrants Who Entered U.S. Under Fraud-Ridden Biden-Era Program
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/03/22/trump-revokes-legal-status-of-migrants-who-entered-us-under-fraud-ridden-biden-era-program-n4938182

TOWNHALL
— About Those 100 ‘Faith Leaders’ Who Support Reckless Government Spending
https://townhall.com/columnists/ryanbomberger/2025/03/23/about-those-100-faith-leaders-who-support-reckless-government-spending-n2654299

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use green card holders to promote more hatred against Trump. If my employers could have hired green card holders instead of me, they would have.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/22/us/green-card-visa-holders-deportation-fears-cec/index.html
— Musk wants to audit the Fed. Is that a good idea? (COMMENT: During the last 8 years that I worked for GAO, all the audits that I worked on involved the Fed.)
https://www.aol.com/elon-musk-wants-audit-fed-140047093.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Musk, the world’s richest man who is also overseeing a mass restructuring of the federal government, isn’t referring to the Fed’s $6.8 trillion balance sheet. The Fed’s finances and operations are already audited extensively by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and an independent accounting firm. Musk is talking about the Fed’s monetary policy decisions.)

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPOIRT
— Pritzker Tries to Chart a Path for National Democrats to Counter Trump
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-03-22/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-tries-to-chart-a-path-for-national-democrats-to-counter-trump

MSN
— Musk said he’s running his businesses with ‘great difficulty’ as Tesla stock falls 15%
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/elon-musk-said-he-s-running-his-businesses-with-great-difficulty-as-tesla-stock-falls-15/ar-AA1ADSz6

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Tuskegee Airmen to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://apnews.com/article/surviving-tuskegee-airmen-colorado-racism-dei-trump-53ca56d8d5e3930eccb02bc6605efd33

AOL
— Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/most-americans-negative-view-elon-153929037.html
— What Trump-supporting federal workers think of his blitz to shake up the government. Gingrich cut GAO’s budget dramatically. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates punished me dramatically for that.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-supporting-federal-workers-think-085901876.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— I.R.S. Prepares to Help Find Immigrants Targeted for Deportation. The tax agency is nearing an agreement to verify whether ICE officials have the right address for people they are trying to deport.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/politics/irs-ice-immigrants-deportation.html
— Trump Invoked the Alien Enemies Act to Speed Up Deportations. The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gives the president wartime powers to deport undocumented immigrants with little to no due process. Constructively, many countries, including Mexico, have declared war on America. Sending people into a country illegally is an act of war.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/alien-enemies-act-trump.html
— Musk Gets Ready to Enter the Restaurant Business. Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/dining/elon-musk-restaurant-diner.html
— What Is DOGE? Trump Says One Thing, Government Lawyers Say Another. The Department of Government Efficiency described in court filings bears little resemblance to the no-holds-barred approach taken by Elon Musk and praised by President Trump. Because of Gingrich budget cuts, GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/politics/what-is-doge-elon-musk-trump.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Thank you to DOGE and our hardworking staff who worked very long hours to achieve this overdue and historic reform,” Mr. Rubio wrote on X earlier this month after announcing the cancellation of 5,200 U.S.A.I.D. contracts.)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/opinion/trump-trans-denationalizing.html
— Without question, because of WWI, WWII, and the Holocaust, German is the worst nation origin. In my defense, I have always stressed a) that while all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany, they all came during the 1840s and 1850s and they have always lived in northeast Illinois, b) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, c) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and d) that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/europe/kindertransport-holocaust-britain-rescue.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party Army.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/03/21/judge-boasberg-trump-administration-alien-enemies-act/
— Democrat leaders have never fought for equal rights. Democrat leaders have always fought for superior rights for those who vote for Democrats. Those who vote for Democrats are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, have financial, health and/or other problems, lack education and/or job skills, want/need/demand massive government assistance, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/22/trump-orban-erdogan-lgbtq-democracy/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Hundreds rally against Trump, Musk in Westwood. Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-22/hundreds-rally-against-trump-musk-in-westwood

USA TODAY
— With hundreds fewer workers, can the Federal Student Aid office still function? Because of Gingrich budget cuts, GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/03/21/federal-student-aid-staff-layoffs/82520174007/
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/22/town-halls-republicans-democrats-doge-trump/82589214007/

TIMES LEADER
— Federal workers rally unites laborers against Trump, Musk. Because of Gingrich budget cuts, GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.timesleader.com/news/1689503/federal-workers-rally-unites-laborers-against-trump-musk
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Phil Glover, District 3 national vice president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), was the scheduled rally’s first speaker, and said that Musk and DOGE employees are not truly targeting fraud in the federal budget. Instead, according to Glover, they are slashing “shit that they don’t like.” “They’re simply going into line items that they don’t understand and they don’t know why it was ever spent. That’s Congress’ job,” Glover said. He noted that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is responsible for auditing the government and called for rally attendees to hold their elected officials accountable. “Either we stand up to this, and we let our members of Congress and the Senate know that they better stand up for us. We’re the constituents, and we can fire them just like DOGE is firing our people,” Glover said.)

BD NEWS
— Anti-Musk protesters gather outside Tesla dealership in Washington DC. Trump appointed Musk to lead efforts to downsize the federal government, which has thousands of workers in the nation’s capital. Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://bdnews24.com/world/americas/459b22ac5f81

KTVU
— Hundreds protest Tesla, Elon Musk and Trump in East Bay march.  Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBmUEsnQarw

WKOW
—  Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI) rallies with federal employees. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Gingrich ever-increasingly cut GAO’s budget. There were no rallies for GAO employees. The Democrats who ran GAO made its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or who had ancestors who had been in America for a long time pay the price of Gingrich’s budget cuts.
https://www.wkow.com/news/rep-mark-pocan-rallies-with-federal-employees/article_1dca0972-c322-4de7-bd79-955b42c5116d.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Depressed Democrats Find Hope at Bernie Sanders Rallies. Two-time presidential candidate draws ‘insane’ crowds as he criticizes cuts by Musk and Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/bernie-sanders-rally-tour-republican-opposition-571cd417

BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with their illegals. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party Army.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-22/deportations-won-t-cure-democrat-led-cities-they-ll-get-worse

FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://fortune.com/2025/03/22/tesla-investors-elon-musk-drags-stock-price-down/

FORBES
— Pro- And Anti-DOGE Protesters Demonstrate Outside Tesla Dealership In Illinois. Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQy4r-8tPpg

AXIOS
— Democrat leaders have never fought for equal rights. Democrat leaders have always fought for superior rights for those who vote for Democrats. Those who vote for Democrats are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, have financial, health and/or other problems, lack education and/or job skills, want/need/demand massive government assistance, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/22/equal-rights-amendment-state-constitutions

TIMES OF INDIA
— The Trump administration is scrutinizing federal consultancies like Booz Allen and Accenture, demanding clear reports on their government contracts and cost-cutting plans. Accenture’s stock fell due to reduced US government work. The investigation aims to curb waste and spending in the $759 billion federal contract market, affecting major firms such as IBM and General Dynamics.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/donald-trump-government-sends-warning-letter-to-10-highest-paid-consulting-companies-with-march-31-deadline-explain-and-in-language-that-a-15-year-old-should-understand/articleshow/119338009.cms

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.