October 2, 2023

Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. It would be great if Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, etc. in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton wrote more articles that promote the individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. It would be great if they wrote more articles that showed the tremendous damage cause by promoting dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination. It would be great if they would email me at diersen@aol.com links for the aforesaid articles so that I could include them in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats acknowledge that “Pilsen meeting to discuss turning warehouse on Halsted Street into migrant shelter.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abc7chicago.com/migrants-in-chicago-pilsen-shelter-migrant-warehouse/13853932/
— Democrats acknowledge that “37 shot, 5 fatally, in weekend gun violence across city.” The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promote more poverty and crime.
https://abc7chicago.com/how-many-shootings-in-chicago-this-weekend-gun-violence-today-police/13853914/

NBC5
— Democrats acknowledge that “At least 3 injured when shootout erupts at Northwest Indiana car show.” I should write about the very successful car shows that have been held at Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville. I have owned a unit there since 2020.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/at-least-3-injured-when-shootout-erupts-at-northwest-indiana-car-show/3240301/

CBS2
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago city leaders to host community meeting on new temporary migrant shelter in Pilsen.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-pilsen-temporary-migrant-shelter-meeting/

WGN9
— Democrats acknowledge that “3 injured after shots fired into crowd at car show in East Chicago.” I should write about the very successful car shows that have been held at Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville. I have owned a unit there since 2020.
https://wgntv.com/news/indiana/3-injured-after-shots-fired-into-crowd-at-car-show-in-east-chicago/
— Democrats acknowledge that “Small child among 3 injured in shooting at East Chicago barbecue.”
https://wgntv.com/news/indiana/small-child-among-3-injured-in-shooting-at-east-chicago-barbecue/

FOX32
— Democrats acknowledge that “U.S. sanctuary cities struggle to handle drastic influx of migrants from southern border.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1288868
— Democrats acknowledge that “3 shot after two gunmen fire shots into crowd at car show in East Chicago.” I should write about the very successful car shows that have been held at Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville. I have owned a unit there since 2020.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/3-shot-after-two-gunmen-fire-shots-into-crowd-at-car-show-in-east-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats crow that “Registration of high-powered guns owned before Illinois ban took effect begins this month.” Democrats ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights on their way to abolishing the Second Amendment.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-gun-ban-registration-requirement-20231002-uhvk3bpdnrdvxd4by2yuujsqs4-story.html
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago’s Republican Party recommends the city take these steps to get a handle on the migrant issue.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-100123-20231001-gobn42odg5ac5gwdqrwuxdpznm-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly unite Blacks and Hispanics against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-column-chicago-migrants-shelter-democrats-black-voters-washington-20231002-ndyzgibiyzappao32zchibk62a-story.html
— Democrats say “After months of protest, Amazon set to open in West Humboldt Park to mixed reception” and “A job beats no job.” According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were “bad jobs.” In my defense, I say that the jobs that took were better than no jobs. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had to take bad jobs solely because I have many many many shortcomings. They stress that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class and that my ACT score was only 24. They stress that my GPAs at UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT were not that great. They stress that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities. They stress that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, my scores were not that high. They stress all the adverse actions that my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took against me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-amazon-jobs-west-humboldt-park-20231001-tz7bvc4jabbgtf46qvnwvgwwxm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats crow that “Registration now open for Illinois residents who own assault weapons. Under a new law that took effect earlier this year, residents in possession of assault weapons are required to submit an endorsement affidavit by Jan. 1, 2024.” Democrats ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights on their way to abolishing the Second Amendment.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2023/10/1/23898150/registration-illinois-residents-assault-weapons-ban-affidavit-guns
— West Chicago in a ‘culture war’ over trash site, garbage hauler’s lawyer says. “They want to throw us into the culture war. Lakeshore is somehow responsible for oppression of the population.” – Brett Chase (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly shout that Republicans oppress Hispanics. What percent of the residents of your municipality are Hispanic? 7.1% of Wheaton residents are Hispanic. According to Best Places ( https://www.bestplaces.net/voting/city/illinois/wheaton ), “In the last Presidential election, DuPage county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 39.7%. DuPage county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/10/1/23896239/west-chicago-trash-latino-naperville-lakeshore-recycling-lrs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mueller challenged opponent Julieta Alcántar-Garcia at the hearing of the Illinois Pollution Control Board, questioning her criticisms about a city process that led to approval of the garbage transfer site. Alcántar-Garcia and others complained that city hearings over the matter were done without a translator despite a large number of Spanish-speaking residents. Some residents missed deadlines and weren’t allowed to provide comment, she said. “I felt we were silenced,” Alcántar-Garcia said. Mueller asked if Alcántar-Garcia spoke English and whether she was an immigrant since she worked with an organization called Immigrant Solidarity DuPage. She said she grew up in West Chicago. “The whole Spanish language issue is a smokescreen,” Mueller said, adding that Latino-owned businesses he’s visited in West Chicago speak English to their customers. In an interview Friday, Mueller elaborated on his comments saying “there are clear benefits” to the project and pointed out the LRS site is in an industrial zone. “I think the citizens in the community are using identity politics without seeing if the project actually impacts anything,” Mueller said. “Everybody knows pollution-control facilities are considered unpopular land uses, but they’re the price we pay to have a modern society.” Specifically, the proposed LRS site would receive 650 tons of solid waste a day and would add hundreds of diesel-fuel garbage trucks and other large vehicles weekly. That would add to already high levels of fine particulate matter pollution, according to Alcántar-Garcia, who used a hand-held air monitor to collect data. She was not allowed to present that information during city hearings earlier this year that ultimately led to the initial LRS approval. . .West Chicago is at least half-Latino, according to the U.S. Census, which makes it an outlier in DuPage County where a number of cities and villages are predominantly white. The proposed facility would take trash from predominantly white communities and other areas, including Aurora. No other community in DuPage County has even one trash-transfer site. Robert Weinstock, who represents Alcántar-Garcia and others through Northwestern University’s Environmental Advocacy Center, accuses the city of “structural environmental racism.” Dennis Walsh, a lawyer defending West Chicago, said the city council made an impartial decision and took its job seriously to make sure the proposed trash operation met criteria established by the state to protect the health of people who live nearby. Mueller said LRS also took its responsibility to meet the state requirements “very seriously.”
In an interview, Mueller acknowledged learning about environmental justice fights in Chicago but said the LRS proposal is different. “Part of the problem here is everyone wants to use the term ‘environmental justice,’ and I don’t think they understand what it means,” Mueller said.)

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois Prairie Path marks 60 years since the start of rails-to-trails movement – Ralph Banasiak (COMMENT: Yesterday, I rode my bike to/from my home in Wheaton and Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20230919/illinois-prairie-path-marks-60-years-since-the-start-of-rails-to-trails-movement

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats acknowledge that conservatives cannot speak freely on college campuses. Ever-increasingly, conservatives cannot speak freely anywhere in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton because hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters are taking over everything. I should write a book about that. Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters, their operatives, and their dupes killed TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and killed the Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-few-americans-say-conservatives-can-speak-freely-on-college-campuses-ap-norc-uchicago-poll-shows/

DEPAULIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion at DePaul.
https://depauliaonline.com/65872/focus/battle-for-choice-depaul-students-protest-what-they-call-secret-anti-abortion-clinics-in-person-and-on-social-media/

CWB CHICAGO
— Man charged with carjacking driver on Chicago expressway in viral video is released on electronic monitoring – Tim Hecke
https://cwbchicago.com/2023/10/chicago-man-carjacking-viral-video-charged-released-electronic-monitoring.html

POLITICO LLINOIS
— Democrats acknowledge that “Tensions flare as migrant buses ramp up.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/10/02/tensions-flare-as-migrant-buses-ramp-up-00119431

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/10/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-155/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— An exceptionally reckless column by Rich Miller on Chinese project for Illinois EV lithium battery plant
https://wirepoints.org/an-exceptionally-reckless-column-by-rich-miller-on-chinese-project-for-illinois-ev-lithium-battery-plant-wirepoints/
— Wirepoints joins IL Freedom Caucus Reps Miller, Wilhour & Halbrook for townhall discussion on Gotion Inc.
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-joins-il-freedom-caucus-reps-miller-wilhour-halbrook-for-townhall-on-gotion-inc/
— Corruption in Mexico is a bunch of little shakedowns. Corruption in Illinois is worse because it’s bigger…and legal
https://wirepoints.org/corruption-in-mexico-is-a-bunch-of-little-shakedowns-corruption-in-illinois-is-worse-because-its-bigger-and-legal-wirepoints-on-the-shaun-thompson-show/

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Governor Pritzker’s Misinformation, Distortion, and Shock over the Opposition to The Gotion Deal. – Babette Holder Youngberg
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/post/governor-pritzker-s-misinformation-distortion-and-shock-over-the-opposition-to-the-gotion-deal

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Ramaswamy wins Chicago GOP watch party poll for 2nd GOP debate. (COMMENT: I should write a book about the straw polls that I organized and administered for the Milton Township Republican Organization 2001-2009 and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2011. I would focus on the adverse actions that those who lost those polls and their supporters have taken against me and continue to take against me.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/649997741-ramaswamy-wins-chicago-gop-watch-party-poll-for-2nd-gop-debate

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— LOW 3RD-GRADE LITERACY IS WARNING FOR FUTURE LEARNING, EARNING POTENTIAL – Hannah Schmid
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/low-3rd-grade-literacy-is-warning-for-future-learning-earning-potential/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden claims ‘nothing’ he has proposed as president is ‘extreme’ – Asher Notheis (COMMENT: To get elected, Biden falsely painted himself as being a moderate, a centrist.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-claims-nothing-proposed-president-extreme

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Meet the Violent Criminals Roaming the Illinois Streets Thanks to State’s Cash Bail Ban. Dem governor Pritzker said abolition of cash bail would bring a ‘more equitable and just Illinois’ – Jessica Costescu
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/meet-the-violent-criminals-roaming-the-illinois-streets-thanks-to-states-cash-bail-ban/

NEW YORK POST
— Chicago housing hundreds of migrants at O’Hare airport, raising safety, public health concerns – Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
https://nypost.com/2023/10/01/chicago-is-keeping-hundreds-of-migrants-at-airports-while-waiting-on-shelters-and-tents/
— Bill Clinton backs bid to change NYC’s ‘Right to Shelter’ law given migrant crisis: ‘We need to fix it’ – Carl Campanile
https://nypost.com/2023/10/01/bill-clinton-backs-bid-to-change-nycs-right-to-shelter-law-given-migrant-crisis/
— Gov. Hochul says border ‘is too open’ and demands ‘limit’ on crossings as NY struggles with migrant crisis – Jorge Fitz-Gibbon and Carl Campanile
https://nypost.com/2023/10/01/gov-hochul-concedes-border-is-too-open-and-that-a-limit-needed-on-who-can-cross/
— Newsom to appoint EMILY’s List president Laphonza Butler to fill vacant Feinstein seat – David Propper
https://nypost.com/2023/10/02/newsom-to-appoint-emilys-list-president-laphonza-butler-to-fill-vacant-feinstein-seat/
— Civil war brews in Brooklyn Dem Party over claim white areas are dodging migrant shelters – Carl Campanile (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats and/or RINOs in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district call for migrant shelters in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?)
https://nypost.com/2023/10/01/civil-war-brews-in-brooklyn-dem-party-over-claim-white-areas-are-dodging-migrant-shelters/
— Upstate NY county blocks NYC’s bid to move homeless north to ease migrant shelter crisis – Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
https://nypost.com/2023/10/01/upstate-county-blocks-nycs-bid-to-shunt-homeless-north-to-ease-migrant-shelter-crisis/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘This is what reparations looks like’: Police release crazy video of Philly mob looting electronics store – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/10/01/this-is-what-reparations-looks-like-police-release-crazy-video-of-philly-mob-looting-electronics-store-1400597/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Campaign Trolls Haley With ‘Birdbrain’ Prank Gift – NICOLE SILVERIO
https://dailycaller.com/2023/10/01/nikki-haley-trump-campaign-bird-cage-gift-birdbrain/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Inside Defamation Lawsuit That Could Blow Southern Poverty Law Center Wide Open – Tyler O’Neil (COMMENT: Sooner or later, if not already, SPLC will call your group a hate group if it does not promote hatred against those who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/10/02/inside-defamation-lawsuit-could-blow-southern-poverty-law-center-wide-open/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Increases Lead in Support After Second GOP Presidential Debate: Poll “63% of potential Republican primary voters support Donald Trump for the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination, up from 58%,” pollster said. – Frank Fang
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-increases-lead-in-support-after-second-gop-presidential-debate-poll-5501693

FEDERALIST
— ‘Ethnic Studies’ Is CRT Peddlers’ Sneaky New Way To Stoke Racial Division In Schools – KATHERINE KERSTEN
https://thefederalist.com/2023/10/02/ethnic-studies-is-crt-peddlers-sneaky-new-way-to-stoke-racial-division-in-schools/

FOX NEWS
— Innocent people are being hunted like prey in Chicago: Democrat city leader. Raymond Lopez shreds ‘racist’ liberal policies. – Maria Lencki
https://www.foxnews.com/media/innocent-people-hunted-like-prey-chicago-democrat-city-leader
— Hundreds of migrants live inside Chicago O’Hare International Airport as city grapples with how to house them. Migrants are staying inside a shuttle bus center. – Ashley Carnahan
https://www.foxnews.com/media/hundreds-migrants-live-inside-chicago-ohare-international-airport-city-grapples-house-them
— ‘Wokeism’ is Maoism with American characteristics: Xi Van Fleet. Xi Van Fleet, survivor of Mao’s China, responds to a Washington Post columnist’s article questioning why conservatives are concerned about communist China. –
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6338194059112
— Support for Biden in border region crumbling as crisis benefits illegals over Americans – Mayra Flores
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/support-biden-border-region-crumbling-crisis-benefits-illegals-over-americans-texas-mayra-flores

JAMES G MARTIN CENTER
— Universities and the Poverty Narrative. By convincing students they’re destitute, colleges are breeding government dependence. – Elizabeth Weiss (COMMENT: My working all the hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2023/09/universities-and-the-poverty-narrative/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— New York Gov. Hochul Says the Border is ‘Too Open Right Now,’ Tries to Deflect Blame to GOP. “People coming from all over the world are finding their way through, simply saying they need asylum, and the majority of them seem to be ending up in the streets of New York and that is a real problem for New York City.” – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/10/new-york-gov-hochul-says-the-border-is-too-open-right-now-tries-to-deflect-blame-to-gop/
— Trump Takes Aim at Haley After GOP Debate, New Hampshire Poll. “MAGA, or I, will never go for Birdbrain Nikki Haley. No loyalty, plenty of lies! … Birdbrain doesn’t have the TALENT or TEMPERAMENT to do the job.” – Stacey Matthews
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/09/birdbrain-donald-trump-takes-aim-at-nikki-haley-after-gop-debate-new-hampshire-poll/
— Colleges Still Trying to Get Around Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action. “some schools aren’t even remotely subtle about their motivations” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/10/colleges-still-trying-to-get-around-supreme-court-ruling-on-affirmative-action/

MRC TV
— Border Apprehensions Hit Record High, Top 2 MILLION For the Second Straight Year – BRITTANY M. HUGHES
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/border-apprehensions-hit-record-high-top-2-million-second-straight-year

NEWS BUSTERS
— PBS NewsHour Runs Down GOP Candidates on ‘Slavery’ Curriculum, Transgender Kids – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2023/10/01/pbs-newshour-runs-down-gop-candidates-slavery-curriculum

PJ MEDIA
— Georgia RINOs Gore Moore for Trying to Do the Right Thing – MILT HARRIS (COMMNT: Ever-increasingly, Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, etc. in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton paint themselves as being “Democrat Lite,” that is, as being RINOs, that is, as being Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and/or Independent plants. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/miltharris/2023/09/29/georgia-rinos-gore-moore-for-trying-to-do-the-right-thing-n1731133
— Nikki Haley Runs Apparent Jussie Smollett-Style Hoax Against Trump in Suspect Twitter/X Post – BEN BARTEE
https://pjmedia.com/columns/benbartee/2023/10/01/nikki-haley-runs-apparent-jussie-smollett-style-hoax-against-trump-in-suspect-twitter-x-post-n1731432

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago is keeping hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters and tents. As Chicago struggles to house asylum-seekers, the city is using a shuttle bus center at O’Hare International Airport.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/chicago-keeping-hundreds-migrants-airports-waiting-shelters-tents-103634403

CBS NEWS
— Democrats crow that “crossings along southern border reach yearly high.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-unlawful-crossings-along-southern-border-reach-yearly-high/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “With Unrealistic Immigration Proposals, DeSantis and Trump Try to Outdo Each Other.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/01/us/politics/immigration-desantis-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats and RINOs reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/02/corporate-diversity-inclusion-affirmative-action-ruling/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats and RINOs reject the Supreme Court affirmative Action ruling.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/diversity-training-dei-university-corporate-1c04c837
— Now May Be the Time to Ask Your Employer to Help With Tuition. To assist with recruitment and retention, companies offer a range of tuition benefits. They come in all shapes and sizes, so employees should read the fine print. – Cheryl Winokur Munk (COMMENT; My Democrat IRS superiors hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because they did not reimburse me for the tuition for the graduate business and accounting courses that I deducted 1972-1980, the courses were not deductible because they were not job-related, did not maintain or improve my job skills, did not help me carry out my job duties, were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, were taken by me to qualify myself for a new trade or business, and/or were a distraction. But the IRS employee manual that they had given me in 1971 encouraged Revenue Officers like me to take the courses that I did.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/tuition-reimbursement-company-benefits-human-resources-305663b0

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.