May 28, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES & ABC7 & NBC5 & CBS2 & FOX32 & WGN9 & WGN RADIO
— Under the Democrats, Chicago is ever-increasingly less safe, that is, Chicago is ever-increasingly more dangerous. Democrats ever-increasingly blame guns for gun violence instead of blaming those who use guns illegally. By definition, those who use guns illegally are not Christian, conservative, or Republican.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/5/27/23739855/chicago-homicide-mayor-brandon-johnson-home-austin-west-side
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/5/27/23739457/memorial-day-weekend-chicago-shootings-violence
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/5/27/23739671/fatal-shooting-chicago-18th-street
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/5/27/23739666/lake-view-fatal-shooting-surf
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/5/27/23739656/girl-16-shot-east-garfield-park-jackson
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/5/27/23740220/man-fatally-shot-in-little-village
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/5/27/23740049/peacekeepers-chicago-cred-flip-violence-memorial-day-weekend-shootings-murder-gangs
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-shooting-breaking-news-today/13307940/
https://abc7chicago.com/lakeview-shooting-man-shot-killed-chicago/13307383/
https://abc7chicago.com/jeffrey-manor-shooting-teen-shot-south-side-chicago-today/13307155/
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-south-side-auburn-gresham-today/13308160/
https://abc7chicago.com/woman-dead-chicago-death-investigation-body-found-austin-investigatin/13307022/
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-today-man-shot-and-killed-humboldt-park/13308354/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/hundreds-call-for-end-to-gun-violence-in-chicago-at-peace-march/3150405/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/memorial-day-weekend-safety-chicago/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/man-charged-near-west-side-stabbing/
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-police-try-new-method-to-avoid-teen-trend-chaos-and-violence
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/woman-shot-after-fight-in-chicagos-loop
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/three-people-wounded-in-drive-by-shooting-in-chicagos-auburn-gresham-neighborhood
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-homicide-mayor-brandon-johnsons-home
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/south-chicago-armed-carjacking
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1226772
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/university-of-chicago-student-robbed-in-hyde-park
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/12-shot-3-dead-in-overnight-shootings-in-chicago-ahead-of-weekend/
https://wgnradio.com/news/most-americans-say-they-would-support-stricter-gun-control-laws-poll/

NBC5
— Democrats say “Health Officials Urge Vaccinations Amid Uptick in Mpox Cases. Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/health-officials-urge-vaccinations-amid-uptick-in-mpox-cases/3149171/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats acknowledge that “Migrant crisis puts more pressure on Chicago finances as state budget offers less than sought.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-migrant-money-illinois-budget-20230527-z7nc2durzfhc3dtixszwbjouvm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats crow that “Illinois House passes state budget with no GOP support.” Democrats ever-increasingly a) run Illinois and b) make it clear that they will soon get rid of the last remaining Republicans in Illinois.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/5/27/23739842/illinois-state-budget-passed-democrats-house-pritzker
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/5/27/23734336/drug-court-cook-county-judge-charles-burns-addiction-rehabilitation-recidivism-editorial

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats say “Lawmakers pass bill giving Ameren monopoly over future transmission lines.” How soon will Democrats cut off electricity, water, natural gas, and other utilities for the remaining Republicans in Illinois?
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/utilities/illinois-legislature-gives-ameren-electricity-line-monopoly

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois Democrat elected officials ever-increasingly implement the Democrat Party platform, a platform that promotes poverty and crime because it promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and the destruction the traditional family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-democratic-lawmakers-build-on-recent-policy-wins-in-spring-session/article_38056296-fc29-11ed-8a3b-23110c1f93be.html

SOUTHERN
— Democrats say “US cities hope crime strategies prevent summer surge.” What is your municipality doing to prevent summer crime surges?
https://thesouthern.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/us-cities-hope-crime-strategies-prevent-summer-surge/article_65f4789d-1024-54a7-90e2-18412aa5f3a0.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs do not want Trump or DeSantis to be the GOP nominee.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-05-27/trailing-trump-desantis-still-bears-burdens-that-have-brought-down-past-front-runners
— Democrats say “The Texas AG may be impeached by members of his own party. Here are the allegations.” Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs love it when adverse actions are taken against Republicans. I should write a book about those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on a) those who are/were leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and/or Milton Township Republican Organization, b) those who are/were Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and/or Wheaton, c) those who have been Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) those who are/were leaders of Wheaton Park District, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and/or American Association of Political Association Midwest Chapter, e) those who are/were conservative leaders, f) those who are/were religious leaders, and g) those who I have sued..
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-05-26/the-texas-ag-may-be-impeached-by-members-of-his-own-party-here-are-the-allegations

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Pritzker’s refusal to endorse Invest in Kids hurts Chicago families: ‘I have to pick up a second job because I’m not going to take my kids out of private education’ (COMMENT: To have enough money to send my brother and me to Lutheran grade schools, our outstanding father almost always worked second jobs.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/642828380-pritzker-s-refusal-to-endorse-invest-in-kids-hurts-chicago-families-i-have-to-pick-up-a-second-job-because-i-m-not-going-to-take-my-kids-out-of-private-education

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McLaughlin Issues Chicago Travel Warning Advisory (COMMENT: DuPage County’s relative prosperity and safety discourages Republicans from fleeing DuPage County. But, as more and more and more Democrats move in, prosperity and crime increase. Democrats promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and the destruction the traditional family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/05/27/mclaughlin-issues-chicago-travel-warning/
— General Assembly Imposing Stricter Rules on Local Officials in Red-Light Camera Reform Than on Themselves
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/05/27/general-assembly-imposing-stricter-rules-on-local-officals-in-red-light-camera-reform-than-on-themselves/
— Weber on Budget
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/05/27/weber-on-budget/
— Keicher Points to Billion Commitment to Provide Medical Care to Illegal Aliens
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/05/27/keicher-points-to-billion-commitment-to-provide-medical-care-to-illegal-aliens/
— DeWitt on Budget
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/05/26/dewitt-on-budget/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DeSantis holds an edge over Trump in building GOP – Seth McLaughlin (COMMENT: What percent of those who support DeSantis do so solely to defeat Trump?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/may/27/ron-desantis-holds-edge-over-trump-building-gop/
— Trump, DeSantis take their brawl to Iowa – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/may/28/trump-desantis-take-their-brawl-iowa/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago deploys ‘peacekeepers’ for Memorial Day weekend as gun violence rises – Rachel Schilke
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/chicago-deploys-peacekeepers-memorial-day-weekend
— Fewer illegal immigrants crossing border yet ‘got-away’ rate increasing – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/title-42-end-fewer-illegal-immigrants-crossing-border

NEW YORK POST
— NYC immigration court backlog so flooded migrants could wait for up to a decade – Jacob Geanous (COMMENT: How soon will there be more citizens of foreign countries in America than citizens of America? Democrats and RINOs use citizens of foreign countries to get rid of Republicans starting with Republicans who are heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, married, gun-owners, non-poor, non-veteran, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://nypost.com/2023/05/27/nyc-immigration-court-backlog-leaves-migrants-in-limbo-for-years/
— Trump can’t dismiss Ron DeSantis — he’s never faced a GOP candidate like this before – Michael Goodwin COMMENT: One could analyze why Trump defeated Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, John Kasich, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee, and Carly Fiorina in 2016.)
https://nypost.com/2023/05/27/trump-cant-dismiss-ron-desantis-hes-never-faced-a-gop-candidate-like-this/

AMERICAN THINKER
— A racist institution that truly deserves to be renamed: the ‘Democratic’ Party – Michael Bertolone (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to get more and more and more votes from minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, people not in traditional marriages, poor people, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and citizens of foreign countries, the Democrat Party is more and more and more anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage, anti-non-poor people, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and anti-citizens of America.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/05/a_racist_institution_that_truly_deserves_to_be_renamed_the_democratic_party.html
— How to cancel Woke U – Walter E. Block
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/05/how_to_cancel_woke_u.html

CHALKBOARD REVIEW
— Democrats’ new sex education bill targets abstinence instruction – Brendan Clarey (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly encourage children to be sexually active LGBTQers.)
https://chalkboardreview.com/democrats-new-sex-education-bill-targets-abstinence-instruction/

EPOCH TIMES
— Target Donated Millions of Dollars to Group That Promotes LGBT Activism in Schools – Bill Pan (COMMENT: How successful has the Target nearest you been promoting LGBTQ?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/target-donated-millions-of-dollars-to-group-that-promotes-lgbt-activism-in-schools_5294604.html

FEDERALIST
— New York City Mayor Makes Obesity A Protected Class – TRISTAN JUSTICE (COMMENT: I am obese. Should I be protected? I am obese because I eat too much and because I do not get enough exercise.)
https://thefederalist.com/2023/05/27/new-york-city-mayor-makes-obesity-a-protected-class/

FOX NEWS
— DeSantis says he would welcome bill to abolish ‘corrupt’ IRS: ‘We need something totally different’ DeSantis has repeatedly taken aim at the Biden administration’s efforts to expand the IRS. – Kyle Morris (COMMENT: I should write a book about the almost 9 years that I worked for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step-1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year. I should write a book about the 3 years that I worked for GAO on audits of IRS at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $109,732–$117,047/year.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-welcome-bill-abolish-corrupt-irs-need-something-totally-different
— Former employee reveals shocking conditions in NYC migrant hotel: ‘Free for all’ A ten-year-old migrant girl was found drunk in a Row NYC hotel room, former employee claims. – Madeline Coggins (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-employee-reveals-shocking-conditions-nyc-migrant-hotel-free-for-all
— Civil Rights leaders, scholars, descendants of slaves speak out on reparations for Black Americans. Thoughts on reparations vary in degree as some label the push a “sin bill” while others called the move simply an effort to “gain votes.” – Christopher Lopez, Kassy Dillon, Teny Sahakian (COMMENT: One could argue that if anyone should pay reparations, it should be those alive today who most directly benefitted from slavery, most commonly, those whose ancestors owned slaves. In my defense, while all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I have benefitted tremendously from slavery. I would focus how they benefitted from slavery and how they benefitted from reparations, that is, how they have benefitted from Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/civil-rights-leaders-scholars-descendants-slaves-speak-out-reparations-for-black-americans

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DeSantis Slams Trump for Backing Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants – LUTHER RAY ABEL (COMMENT: While Trump was President, he did more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/hes-been-attacking-me-by-moving-left-desantis-castigates-trumps-record-on-ben-shapiros-show/
— New ‘Reparations Math’ Is Coming to a Public School Near You – MATT BEIENBURG
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/05/new-reparations-math-is-coming-to-a-public-school-near-you/

NEWSMAX
— An anti-Trump says that “DeSantis Has Better Track Record Than Trump.” While Trump was President, he did more to defend and advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/desantis-trump-2024/2023/05/27/id/1121455/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-u-s-news/ap-asylum-seekers-say-joy-over-end-of-title-42-turns-to-anguish-induced-by-new-us-rules/
https://thehill.com/latino/4020421-civil-rights-groups-to-biden-take-all-actions-within-your-authority-to-protect-undocumented-immigrants/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4022542-floridas-anti-lgbt-laws-are-unwarranted-and-un-american/

REUTERS
— SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 FLASHBACK: Democrats say “Biden administration adopts narrower ‘public charge’ immigration rule.” It seems that ever-increasingly, all immigrants are public charges who will always be public charges.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/biden-admin-adopts-narrower-public-charge-immigration-rule-2022-09-08/

AOL
— Democrats say “DeSantis accuses Trump of ‘moving to the left’.” I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 a) who I have done the most to help elect and to help reelect but b) who have outrageously moved the most to the left.
https://www.aol.com/news/desantis-accuses-trump-moving-left-080537403.html

CBS NEWS
— Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs crow that “Immigrants are now a record share of U.S. workers.” Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because immigrants work for less money than citizens of America.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigrants-record-share-of-u-s-workers-heres-what-to-know/

NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY & LOCAL 12 & ACTION NEWS NOW & ASSOCIATED PRESS & WFSB
— Beyond overwhelmingly, people rely on calling 911 for their personal safety. But as crime ever-increasingly increases under the Democrats, 911 response times will get longer and longer and longer.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/us/mississippi-11-year-old-boy-police-shooting.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/05/27/police-response-911-calls-turn-tragic/70260540007/
https://local12.com/news/nation-world/11-year-old-indiana-boy-shot-police-after-calling-911-released-from-hospital-aderrien-murry-officer-involved-shooting-chest-serious-injury-domestic-disturbance-call-greg-capers-body-camera-cam-footage-protest-indianola
https://www.actionnewsnow.com/news/chico-police-911-system-down-saturday-due-to-at-t-outage/article_cf92624e-fcab-11ed-bbe4-6bdeb447bafb.html
https://www.wccbcharlotte.com/2023/05/27/videos-911-calls-capture-frantic-response-to-deadly-new-mexico-rampage/
https://www.wfsb.com/2023/05/27/shots-fired-attempted-vehicle-break-in-prompts-warning-police/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Sooner or later, Democrats will succeed in getting America to invade and to destroy countries that do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/opinion/africa-homosexuality-illegal.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Police agencies are desperate to hire. But they say few want the job.” The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, or younger person who would take the jobs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/27/police-vacancies-hiring-recruiting-reform/
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) call Republicans racists. To call someone a racist in America today is like calling someone a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/28/the-gop-isn-t-letting-go-of-racial-resentment/156c3f46-fd52-11ed-9eb0-6c94dcb16fcf_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES & YAHOO
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-28/ron-desantis-cost-anti-transgender-black-banned-books-levar-burton-amanda-gorman
https://news.yahoo.com/column-desantis-waging-battle-reality-120020552.html

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE & COLUMBIAN
— Democrats say “US cities hope crime strategies. . .prevent summer surge.” What is your municipality doing to prevent summer crime surges?
https://www.phillytrib.com/news/us-cities-hope-crime-strategies-keep-homicide-numbers-dropping-and-prevent-summer-surge/article_d0e87f97-3ba9-508c-a32d-451728d8c374.html
https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/may/27/u-s-cities-hope-crime-strategies-keep-homicide-numbers-dropping-and-prevent-summer-surge/

NEW YORK ONE
— Democrats say “City plans to house migrants at old correctional facility in Harlem.” In your county, in your township, and in your municipality, in which buildings are Democrats and RINOs housing illegals now and in the future?
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/housing/2023/05/27/city-plans-to-house-migrants-at-old-correctional-facility-in-harlem

TAMPA BAY TIMES
— Democrats say “DeSantis, now a candidate, starts criticizing Trump by name.” Politics is nasty/vicious. Government is nasty/vicious. I should write a book about those who have criticized me the most a) for what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, b) for what I have done as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, c) for what I did as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, d) for what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, e) for what I did as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, f) for what I did as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, g) for what I did as a MTRO Oktoberfest committee member 2000-2010, h) for what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, i) for want I did as an Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, j) for what I did as a GAO employee 1980-1997, k) for what I did as an IRS employee 1971-1980, and l) for what I did as a Post Office employee 1966-1969.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/05/26/desantis-trump-criticism-rivalry-president-2024-campaign/

MICHIGAN RADIO
— Democrats say “New state fund would offer aid to high-crime areas.” I should write about the high crime areas that IRS sent me into by myself to collect delinquent taxes during 1972 and 1973.
https://www.michiganradio.org/criminal-justice-legal-system/2023-05-25/new-state-fund-would-offer-aid-to-high-crime-areas

BLOOMBERG
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) call Republicans racists. To call someone a racist in America today is like calling someone a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-05-28/the-gop-isn-t-letting-go-of-racial-resentment#xj4y7vzkg
— Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers will replace their employees who are citizens of America with employees who are citizens of foreign countries. Of course, the first employees to be replaced are those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/05/27/view-from-away-one-answer-to-the-migration-crisis-jobs/

NTD
— Baby boomers are ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned, and especially baby boomers who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, gun-owners, non-poor, non-veteran, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and/or American nameplate car owners.
https://www.ntd.com/baby-boomers-push-nations-median-age-to-almost-39-as-fewer-children-are-born_922172.html

JD SUPRA
— Marijuana Positivity in Workplace Drug Tests Reaches 25-Year Record – Jennifer Mora, Craig Simonsen, Adam Young (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push pot. How soon, if not already, will you be harmed by a stoner?)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/high-times-marijuana-positivity-in-9583650/

VOX
— Democrats ask if the next target of the right’s campaign against woke companies will be Fox News? The more that Fox News promotes LGBTQ, the sooner that it will go out of business.
https://www.vox.com/2023/5/22/23732777/fox-news-trans-bud-light-employee-handbook

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.