ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHAT THE IL GOP PLATFORM SAYS ABOUT IMMIGRATION (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. In Illinois, if you got elected or appointed to a government office or a political office as a Republican, and you do not defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform, you should immediately resign.)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/09/what-the-il-gop-platform-says-about-immigration.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At the Illinois Republican Party’s 2016 Convention, the state’s GOP delegates overwhelmingly supported a platform that contained this strong plank on the issue of immigration. It emphasized a “front door” policy. The issue plank concluded with these words that rank and file Republicans are saying has been totally ignored by the IL GOP leadership – including Governor Rauner – despite Republicans throughout the state supporting this position: “We call on the Illinois government to assist our federal government in the mission of protecting our homeland. We therefore urge reversal of “sanctuary city” policies, which bar our law enforcement officers from aiding Immigration & Customs Enforcement agents. Border control is a national security and public safety issue. We further call on the federal government to secure and protect our borders and vigorously enforce the law of the land. We further call on the federal and Illinois government to abandon all incentives that encourage illegal immigrants to settle in Illinois, as these incentives put a strain on our already struggling economy and is insulting to those who immigrated here legally.” Does the Illinois Republican Party’s platform mean anything at all? Should IL GOP demand their party officials adhere to the platform rather than ignore it? The platform plank as accepted in 2016:)
— VICTIMS’ FAMILIES GRIEVE OVER RAUNER’S SNUB AND NEW SANCTUARY LAW IN ILLINOIS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/09/victims-families-grieve-over-rauners-snub-and-new-sanctuary-law-in-illinois.html
— NO: TAXPAYERS SHOULDN’T SUBSIDIZE OVERPRICED TESLAS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/09/no-taxpayers-shouldnt-subsidize-overpriced-teslas.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-let-grandma-from-berwyn-and-dreamers-stay-president-trump/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— U.S. government has long ignored white supremacist threats, critics say – Kimberly Kindy, Sari Horwitz and Devlin Barrett
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-white-supremacist-threats-20170902-story.html
— Last Fling a Naperville ‘must-do,’ attendees say – David Sharos
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-last-fling-naperville-st-0903-20170902-story.html
— Are Labor Day parades floating into the past? – Denise Crosby
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-labor-parades-st-0904-20170902-column.html
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Providing salary history should be history – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, government employees are demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being overpaid. To qualify myself for better paying jobs in the federal government, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170902/ISSUE07/170909989/providing-salary-history-should-be-history
— Bridging Springfield’s partisan divide—literally – RICH MILLER
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170902/ISSUE11/170909987/how-infrastructure-can-bring-partisans-in-springfield-together
WTTW
— Fracking Permit is First to Be Approved in Illinois – Alex Ruppenthal
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/09/01/fracking-permit-first-be-approved-illinois
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— What’s still pending at Illinois’ Statehouse – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170902/unfinished-business-whats-still-pending-at-illinois-statehouse
WGLT
— Unions Fight To Hold Illinois As Labor Day Parade Nears – COLLEEN REYNOLDS
http://wglt.org/post/unions-fight-hold-illinois-labor-day-parade-nears#stream/0
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— McCain: Trump ‘poorly informed,’ Congress ‘not his subordinates’ McCain writs op-ed as Congress returns from recess – MIRANDA GREEN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/mccain-trump-poorly-informed-congress-not-his-subordinates/803398884
CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Rauner tax credit program called silver lining in tarnished school funding bill – Glenn Minnis
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511204614-rauner-tax-credit-program-called-silver-lining-in-tarnished-school-funding-bill
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republicans Abandon Lake in the Hills
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2017/09/02/republicans-abandon-lake-in-the-hillswalz-lith-mothe/
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Breen cheers K-12 funding bill ‘no one was happy about’ – Caitlin Nordahl
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511204486-breen-cheers-k-12-funding-bill-no-one-was-happy-about
ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Even without $15 an-hour, Illinois’ minimum wage is still higher – Benjamin Yount (DIERSEN: If you had earned $15/hour in today’s dollars when you were in high school, what you have done with the money? I worked part-time 1964-1966 for the minimum wage ($1.25/hour) while I was a 16 and 17 year old high school student. In today’s dollars in 1966, I earned $9.49/hour. (SEE: https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/items/1966-united-states-minimum-wage) That job enabled me to earn and save enough money to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966 a) that I used to commute to jobs cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline during the summer of 1966 and delivering mail 1966-1967 and b) that I used to commute to classes at UIC from my parents’ home in Crete 1966-1967.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/even-without-an-hour-illinois-minimum-wage-is-still-higher/article_22bb56ac-8f1f-11e7-b499-331c0ec2f86a.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— STACKED DECK: OF ALL NEIGHBORING STATES, ONLY ILLINOIS GIVES STRIKE POWERS TO GOVERNMENT UNIONS – Mailee Smith
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/stacked-deck-of-all-neighboring-states-only-illinois-gives-strike-powers-to-government-unions/
BREITBART
— Media Pushes Skewed DACA Polls, Hides Public’s Priorities – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/02/daca-polls-conceal-public-opposition-cheap-labor-amnesty/
— OUTRAGEOUS: 18 Republicans Fall in Line to Oppose Trump’s Elimination of DACA – PENNY STARR
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/02/it-begins-18-republicans-fall-in-line-to-oppose-trumps-elimination-of-daca/
WORLD NET DAILY
— ‘NO-GO ZONES’ BREWING IN U.S., AUTHOR WARNS Outsiders greeted with cold stares as mosques preach hatred of West – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2017/08/no-go-zones-brewing-in-u-s-author-warns/
INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Tucker Carlson Tees Off on GOP DACA Backers: ‘Their Campaign Pledges Were Lies’ – MIKE MILLER
http://ijr.com/the-declaration/2017/09/964321-tucker-carlson-tees-off-gop-daca-backers-campaign-pledges-lies/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Labor activists target Midwest politicians opposing wage increases – Chris Kenning
http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/new-york/labor-activists-target-midwest-politicians-opposing-wage-increases-article-1.3463391
THE STANDARD
— Retirement, Delayed – Suzanne Woolley
http://thestandard.com.ph/opinion/columns/246028/retirement-delayed.html
WINDY CITY TIMES
— Downers Grove pol moves to oust Library Board member after anti-gay remarks – Matt Simonette
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Downers-Grove-pol-moves-to-oust-Library-Board-member-after-anti-gay-remarks-/60265.html
