September 18, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats acknowledge that “At least 18 shot in weekend gun violence across city.”
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-this-weekend-today-news/13794759/

CBS2
— Democrats acknowledge that “Police alert Chinatown businesses to group of teen robbers.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-chinatown-business-robberies/

WBBM
— Democrats acknowledge that “Alderman Raymond Lopez (15th) criticizes downtown Mexican Independence Day celebrations. . .he was sickened and disheartened to see what he described as illegal street takeovers along Michigan Avenue and other parts of the city.”
https://www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/alder-decries-downtown-mexican-independence-day-celebrations

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats ask “Should the city of Chicago run its own grocery store?” Of course, everything that governments run incur big losses.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-chicago-grocery-store-brandon-johnson-whole-foods-englewood-20230917-vl2ni2nmtfburniddkcqoc2h24-story.html
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly use Romney to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write a book about those Romney-promoting hate-filled Trump-haters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-mitt-romney-maga-kevin-mccarthy-elections-page-20230917-c4zixysyp5fybogclhukgmeglu-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-reproductive-abortion-rights-trafficking-texas-contraception-opill-20230918-icgaur5ghvdxtc6tovyswbajua-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their ending cash bail. Of course, Democrats will cover up the crimes that will be committed by those who would have been in jail.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/9/18/23874116/cash-bail-ending-illinois-high-stakes-electronic-monitoring-crime-rates-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— Will Pritzker keep Trump off the ballot in Illinois?
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230917/facts-matter-congress-not-set-to-leave-trump-off-ballot
— To promote DEI is a) to reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision and b) to discriminate against those who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20230917/comcast-is-committed-to-diversity-equality-and-inclusion-in-the-workplace-and-its-digital-equity-programs

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats say “Democrats look to make downstate gains while Republicans go after Chicago suburbs in 2024.”
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/09/18/democrats-win-illinois-but-not-downstate-can-it-change-in-2024/70661717007/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats say “UAW justifies wage demands by pointing to CEO pay raises” and ask “So how high were they?” Ever since I became a union member and a federal employee in 1966 when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents have viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. While I was a union member working for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980, my salary increased from $18.05/hour to $104,583/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-uaw-justifies-wage-demands-by-pointing-to-ceo-pay-raises-so-how-high-were-they/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, talks with President Joe Biden as he sits in a Corvette during a tour of the Detroit Auto Show on Sept. 14, 2022. . .At GM, the median worker pay was $80,034 in 2022. It would take that worker 362 years to make Barra’s annual compensation. At Ford, where the median pay was $74, 691, it would take 281 years. At Stellantis, with a median pay of 64,328 euros, it would take 365 years. . .It’s far above the typical pay gap at S&P 500 companies, which was 186-1 according to AP’s annual CEO pay survey, which uses data analyzed by Equilar. And it’s astronomical by historical standards. According to a study of the 350 largest publicly traded U.S. firms by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, the CEO-to-Worker pay ratio was just 15-1 in 1965.)

WGEM
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wgem.com/2023/09/18/tri-state-diversity-coalition-hosts-pride-park-third-year/

DAILY ILLINI
— Democrats crow about record high University of Illinois “underrepresented minority” acceptance rate. Democrats run UIC. UIC accepted me In 1966 when I was a 17-year-old Republican Crete-Monee High School student living with his parents in Crete. If I was that student today, because of my terrible demographics, I doubt that UIC would accept me. I share far too many demographics with Trump. Trump is heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, non-poor, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. To reject me, UIC could use that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class, that my ACT score was only 24, and that I had not demonstrated any leadership potential. I had spent far too many hours washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights part-time during my junior and senior years and full-time during the summer in between. Further, I could not run because I had a hereditary bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/administration/2023/09/17/ui-2023-admissions-cycle/

POLITICO
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their ending cash bail. Of course, Democrats will cover up the crimes that will be committed by those who would have been in jail.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/09/18/illinois-on-right-side-of-history-00116487

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/09/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-145/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois, Chicago set to become more dangerous as cash bail ends – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-chicago-set-to-become-more-dangerous-as-cash-bail-ends-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— WHERE 9,600 LOW-INCOME STUDENTS FIND PRIVATE-SCHOOL CHOICES – Dylan Sharkey (COMMENT: Since I was 5 years old in 1953, my critics/opponents have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being undeservedly filthy rich because my father made enough money to send me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School on Crete. In his defense, he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/where-9600-low-income-students-find-private-school-choices/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: St. Francis High School – 2130 W Roosevelt Rd., Wheaton, IL 60187: 26; St. Michael – 314 W Willow Ave., Wheaton, IL 60187: 11; Wheaton Christian Grammar School – 1N350 Taylor Dr., Winfield, IL 60190: 55)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois Congressman (Mike Quiqley) claims migrants are needed to grow economy – Asher Notheis (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs both want mass/illegal immigration; Democrats because migrants vote for Democrats and RINOs because RINOs want cheap labor. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly work together to promote more mass/illegal immigration.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/illinois-congressman-migrants-needed-grow-economy
— Cash bail ends Monday in Illinois: Here’s what both sides are saying – Greg Bishop
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cash-bail-ends-monday-in-illinois-heres-what-both-sides-are-saying

NEW YORK POST
— Migrants cheer as they pack into train heading to the US from Mexico – Melissa Koenig
https://nypost.com/2023/09/18/cheering-migrants-filmed-on-packed-cargo-train-heading-to-us/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Political Assassination of Donald Trump – Peter Van Buren
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-political-assassination-of-donald-trump/
— Chain Migration and the Diversity Visa Program: Legal Immigration at Its Worst. Millions of future migrants are selected under obsolete current law that has nothing to do with advancing the U.S. national interest. – Phillip Linderman
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/chain-migration-and-the-diversity-visa-program-legal-immigration-at-its-worst/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Platform Drafting Committee of the California Republican Party (CRP) has produced a new draft platform which represents a sea change in the official positions of the CRP. It is a stripped down, dumbed down document barely four pages in length and so vague as to be meaningless at best. It allows anyone and everyone, no matter how radical their positions, to claim compliance since there is virtually nothing of substance to comply with. – Neil Fox (COMMENT: I served on the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee. My requests to serve on the 2012, 2016, and 2020 IRP Platform and Resolutions Committees were denied. I ask to be appointed to the 2024 IRP Platform and Resolutions Committee. When and where will the 2024 IRP State Convention be held?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/09/report_from_the_sausage_factory.html
— Give George Soros a taste of the illegal alien medicine
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/09/give_george_soros_a_taste_of_the_illegal_alien_medicine.html
— Some truths for conservatives to remember as things falls apart – Michael Devon
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/09/some_truths_for_conservatives_to_remember_as_things_falls_apart.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Socialist New York lawmakers pushing tax increase to pay for influx of illegal immigrants – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/09/17/socialist-new-york-lawmakers-pushing-tax-increase-to-pay-for-influx-of-illegal-immigrants-1396637/
— Video captures illegal immigrants forcing children to crawl under razor wire at border – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/09/17/shocking-video-captures-illegal-immigrants-forcing-children-to-crawl-under-razor-wire-at-border-1396708/

BREITBART
— More Illegal Aliens Caught at Northeast Border Than Prior 10 Years Combined – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/17/exclusive-new-hampshires-kelly-ayotte-sounds-alarm-more-illegal-aliens-caught-northeast-border-prior-10-years-combined/
— Illegal Immigration Drives Exploitative ‘Underground Economy – JOHN BINDER (COMMENT: The more illegal immigration, the more of the economy that will be “off the books.”)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/17/ny-times-illegal-immigration-drives-exploitative-underground-economy/
— Harvard’s Newspaper: Application Essay Word Limits Alienate Marginalized Students – ELAINE MALLON (COMMENT: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, students who are following are marginalized: LGBTQ, liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2023/09/17/harvard-newspaper-application-essay-word-limits-alienates-marginalized-students/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Does Joe Biden Care About Struggling Blue-Collar American Workers? – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/Does-Joe-Biden-Care-About-Struggling-BlueCollar-American-Workers

FOX BUSINESS
— Chicago mayor considers creating city-owned grocery store after Walmart, Whole Foods close stores in the city. Chicago is exploring a city-owned grocery store after several closed in the past year citing millions in annual losses. – Eric Revell
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/chicago-mayor-considers-creating-city-owned-grocery-store-walmart-whole-foods-close-stores-city

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Colleges Still Recruiting for High-Paying DEI Administrator Positions. “Not only are college DEI jobs plentiful, but they can also compensate extremely well.’ – Mike LaChance (COMMENT: To promote DEI is a) to reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision and b) to discriminate against those who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/09/colleges-still-recruiting-for-high-paying-dei-administrator-positions/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Where the 2024 GOP Candidates Stand on Transgenderism – MADELEINE KEARNS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/09/where-the-2024-gop-candidates-stand-on-trans/

NEWSMAX
— Sanctuary Cities Feeling ‘Buyer’s Remorse’ – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/chad-wolf-chris-clem-migrants/2023/09/17/id/1134817/

TOWNHALL
— Good Riddance to the Bush Regime – Jeff Crouere
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2023/09/18/column-n2628544
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Reagan was a principled conservative, an excellent communicator, and a generation leader. His two terms were highly successful, and he left office with high approval ratings and eight years of impressive accomplishments. He was so popular that his bland and uninspiring Vice President was elected in 1988 as a third Reagan term. Yet, Bush was nothing like Ronald Reagan. He believed in a “new world order,” military adventurism, and raising taxes. Bush was also an elitist who cared little for average Americans. . .Like his father, Bush was a “moderate” Republican who masqueraded as a “compassionate conservative.” He also believed in military adventurism and started two wars, ballooned the government by creating the Department of Homeland Security, and stripped away the rights of Americans with the “Patriot Act.” He wanted to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens but was stopped by an outpouring of opposition from conservative groups. In the 2006 midterm election, his unpopular presidency ushered into power the Democrats in both chambers of Congress. He ended his second term by turning over the White House to Barack Obama, a radical who pretended to believe in “hope and change.”)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) promote more wokeness/wokeism in the military.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4208910-milley-says-military-is-not-woke-im-not-even-sure-what-that-word-truly-means/
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4209143-thousands-of-climate-activists-march-in-nyc-calling-on-biden-to-declare-climate-emergency/
— Democrats ever-increasingly use reports of mass shootings a) to abolish the Second Amendment, b) to disarm Republicans, and c) to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/4209371-us-surpasses-500-mass-shootings-in-2023-gun-violence-archive/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly use Romney to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write a book about those Romney-promoting hate-filled Trump-haters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/2023/sep/17/like-his-dad-retiring-mitt-romney-embraced-moderate-conservatism-he-fears-the-gop-has-lost-its-way/

MSN
— Democrats teachers ever-increasingly crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/growing-trend-of-teaching-white-privilege-racial-microaggressions-and-pronouns-in-schools-to-broaden-minds/ss-AA1gQGuc

CNN
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly use Romney to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write a book about those Romney-promoting hate-filled Trump-haters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/09/17/mike-pence-mitt-romney-claims-ungodly-jake-tapper-sotu-vpx.cnn

MSN
— Democrats say “Evangelicals losing their grip on the Republican Party as 2024 election looms.” Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform in conservative. Conservatives, that is, platform Republicans, that is, the base of Republican Party, have never had a grip on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), or Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO). At least since 1970s, the majority of IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders have rejected many planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Political parties divided against themselves cannot stand. I should write a book about that.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/evangelicals-losing-their-grip-on-the-republican-party-as-2024-election-looms/ar-AA1gQkYe

ABC NEWS
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly use Romney to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write a book about those Romney-promoting hate-filled Trump-haters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/place-republican-party-mitt-romney-anymore-donna-brazile-103261693

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “Trump Criticizes DeSantis on Abortion Ban. The former president, while denouncing his chief rival for the Republican nomination, also largely evaded questions on the issue.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/us/politics/trump-meet-the-press-abortion-desantis.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the more of the following that a Republican candidate is, the less electable that Republican candidate is: heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/17/nikki-haley-electability-message-2024/
— I should write a book about those Romney-promoting hate-filled Trump-haters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/17/mitt-romney-history/

USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly use Romney to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write a book about those Romney-promoting hate-filled Trump-haters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/09/17/biden-old-politicians-age-issue-voters-2024-election/70841664007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/09/17/fda-red-cross-end-ban-bisexual-gay-men-blood-donations/70772461007/

STATESMAN
— Democrats say that “Ramaswamy vows to replace H1B visa system with meritocratic admission.” Democrats would stop Ramaswamy because the more merit that immigrants have, the less likely that they will vote for Democrats. RINOs would stop Ramaswamy because the more merit that immigrants have, the less likely that they will work for less money than Americans.
https://www.thestatesman.com/world/vivek-ramaswamy-vows-to-replace-h1b-visa-system-with-meritocratic-admission-1503222943.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats and RINOs reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.wsj.com/business/c-suite/dei-training-hr-business-acd23e8b
https://www.wsj.com/business/c-suite/dei-executives-managers-companies-5e7709f3
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats say “Student-Loan Restart Threatens to Pull $100 Billion Out of Consumers’ Pockets. Households are cutting back, worrying largest U.S. retailers.” I never tried to get a student loan. To get more votes from student loan borrowers, Democrat politicians want to cancel their loans. Ever since I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 years old with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have had tremendous unfair advantages in life because I graduated debt-free. They stress that I could not have graduated debt-free if I had not gotten student deferments to avoid the Vietnam draft. My graduating debt-free and my working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights full-time 1970-1971 and then part-time 1971-1972 and my working for IRS 1971-1980 enabled me a) to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) to pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, c) to buy a new town home in University Park in 1972, d) to buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, e) to pay for graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, f) to buy a one bed room condo in downtown Chicago in 1976, g) to buy a home in Wheaton with my wife in 1978, and h) to buy a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale and a new 1978 Chevrolet Chevette in 1978. In my defense, I stress that I worked my way through college. I worked as many hours as I could for the Park Forest Post Office part-time while classes were in session 1966-1969 and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/student-loan-repayment-consumers-economy-2218ca25
— 5 Books to Read if You’re Thinking of Changing Careers – Simon Constable (COMMENT: Have you changed careers? In 1980, when I was 31 years old, to falsely justify forcing me to suffer a $21,863/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, the Democrats who ran the agencies falsely painted my transfer as being a career change. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. They would not have done that if I had not complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Much of what I had done for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $92,279-$104,583/year, was very similar to what I would be doing for GAO.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/self-help-books-changing-career-business-9b2511f9
— Stop Obsessing About Having the Perfect Career Plan – Rachel Feintzeig (COMMENT: My plan for a successful career in the automotive industry ended in early 1971 when I was 22 years old when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me when I told him that I had accepted that offer. I desperately needed a job. I was helping support my mother and brother because my father had suddenly died in late 1969. Therefore, I accepted an offer from IRS to be a GS-7, currently $52,022/year, Revenue Officer.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/stop-obsessing-about-having-the-perfect-career-plan-fe44a54e

BLOOMBERG
— Trillion-Dollar Industry Powering Chicago Is at Risk of Leaving – Isis Almeida (COMMENT: GAO audits federal financial industry regulators. In late 1997, when I was 49 years old, when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer,” I knew as much about derivatives as any GAO employee. I had worked on audits of regulation of derivative since 1990. I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in early 1997.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trillion-dollar-industry-powering-chicago-100000666.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The letters are stamped all over the hallways of Chicago’s giant skyscrapers and grand office buildings. DRW, IMC, CME, Cboe. These are some of the derivatives firms that collectively handle trillions of dollars a year in trades, greasing the wheels of global markets with everything from stock options to corn futures. Most of them have called Chicago home for decades — providing thousands of jobs within the city’s $75 billion finance industry.)

THE FREE PRESS
— The Dating Pool Dropouts. Young men today feel they must be six feet tall, make six figures, and have six inches downstairs to get a girlfriend—so many have given up trying. – Olivia Reingold
https://www.thefp.com/p/young-men-who-dropped-out-of-dating-pool

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.