GOPUSA ILLINOIS
April 9, 2011
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REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
(FROM THE ARTICLE:Senate Bill 35, legislation that would give every Republican a vote for their representatives on the Illinois Republican Party’s State Central Committee, passed out of the Illinois Senate today. The vote was unanimous (52 to zero). SB35 is identical to SB600, the number assigned to the bill in the previous General Assembly. Today’s vote is especially good news because while the direct election reform also passed out of the Senate by unanimous vote in 2005 – in 2009 during the prior General Assembly session, only eight Republican Senators voted “yes.” (It still passed that year overwhelmingly in the Senate.) Several more Senators had been supporters, but some were flipped shortly before the vote by pressure from a handful of selfish GOP bosses behind the scenes. Today we witnessed real positive progress. Our Republican officials are waking up. SB35 not only restores real democracy and accountability to our State Party – it doubles the size of the State Central Committee from 19 to 38. In other words, it doubles the chances for getting some real leaders for a change. Thank you to all the Illinois State Senators who stood-up for the Republican rank-and-file and voted “yes” to advance SB35 out of the Illinois Senate.
SB35 now moves to the Illinois House. For more information about SB35 (formerly SB600) see HERE.)
DAILY HERALD
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sen. Chris Lauzen is again pushing plans that would have Republican primary voters pick the party’s state central committee, but the GOP establishment continues to push back. The Illinois Senate Friday approved the Aurora Republican’s idea, which would put candidates for the central committee on primary ballots. Democrats already follow that process. Republicans, though, give the power to pick central committee members to local GOP officials. Lauzen argues that because Illinois state government is controlled by Democrats at nearly every level, Republicans need to try something different. Letting primary voters choose party officials, he says, will help mobilize Republicans. “How we’re doing it now isn’t working,” Lauzen said. “Turn it back over to the people,” he added. The Illinois Republican Party has argued the manner they use to pick leaders is an internal decision that shouldn’t be affected by lawmakers. On Friday, party spokesman John Blessing said giving the choice to voters means candidates would have to run big-money campaigns to get elected. So, Blessing says, if Lauzen wants to make selecting central committee members a more grass-roots project, elections could have the opposite effect. “Direct elections would make it very costly for people to run,” Blessing said. Lauzen’s plan has been approved by the Senate before, but it’s always been contentious. On Friday, it was approved by a 50-0 vote. Lauzen said he talked to other Republican senators about the plan at a private party meeting earlier in the week. Still, Lauzen’s measure has never gained much ground in the House, which is where his proposal has moved now for further debate.)
(DIERSEN: Cherrington plans to deliver a speech at the rally. Last month, he created the Better Angels of Our Nature Foundation, a group he said is made up of people of several denominations and backgrounds. Since he introduced his idea, he said he has been on a tour of churches and mosques throughout the county as well as homeless facilities. “I have gotten some overwhelming response,” he said. “Every time I ask for help, they do.” One school board member says Cherrington’s vision is an inspired one but that the school district long ago promised to sell the property and place it back on the tax rolls. “We appreciate the sentiment and the laudable intention but we promised taxpayers that we would sell,” Rosemary Swanson said. “Clearly, our community has had a history of trying to help with the homeless. . .But we are moving forward with the process and keeping the promises we have made.” Community members from throughout the area have told Cherrington that they would attend the rally, and he said he expects a pretty sizable turnout. One of the rally’s main goals is to raise awareness, and Cherrington acknowledged the difficulty his ultimate plan faces. “I understand it will be more symbolic than anything,” he said. “But symbolism can be a very potent message.” “I have no choice but to be an optimist,” he said. “I have to see the good in people because I know what the other side is but there is nothing there for me. This whole generational thing of power over welfare, can we do something about it?”)
(DIERSEN: Because I am not a “yes-man,” I am not “politically connected.” Sadly, many candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton have made it very clear that if you are not a yes-man or a yes-woman, they do not want you anywhere near them.)
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Following an audit showing financial scandals from two DuPage County agencies, the Senate approved legislation Friday that would give county officials more oversight of financial transactions by the people they appoint. Sen. Susan Garrett, a Lake Forest Democrat who sponsored the measure, said the proposal would allow and encourage county chairs to demand financial reports and budget details from local agencies. . .The Senate approved by a 52-0 vote, and it now moves to the House. Garrett got help from Sen. Ron Sandack, a Downers Grove Republican, in sponsoring the plan. Garrett also has legislation that would require counties to post openings for agency positions in order to encourage community involvement and try to prevent politically connected people from holding every position.)
- State: No rush to take down political signs – Marco Santana
- New look for Wheaton Warrenville District 200 school board – Marco Santana
- Obama hails budget deal – AP
- Poll to help determine Kane County Board size – James Fuller
- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Douglas Berndt of Hawthorn Woods promotes illegal immigration big time
- Wheaton: Dreaming about Grand potential – Marianne Avery, Wheaton
(DIERSEN: Of course, Wheaton Democrats want the Wheaton Grand Theatre to be used to promote the Democrat Party platform.)
ALEDO TIMES RECORD
(FROM THE ARTICLE: RODNEY DAVIS, a staff member for U.S. Rep. JOHN SHIMKUS, R-Collinsville, is basically on campaign leave to help fashion a winning strategy for the state GOP in 2012 and beyond. Davis, 41, of Taylorville, generally works in Shimkus’ Springfield office and is paid $105,000 annually as projects director – handling grants, budget and personnel issues for all of Shimkus’ congressional staff. But last year, Davis ran that Republican National Committee “victory” program in Illinois, concentrating staff to work at once on a variety of races, from national to local. . .Davis said he’s still working part time – about 15 percent – for Shimkus’ government office, but at the request of state GOP Chairman PAT BRADY is now acting executive director of the party. He’s getting paid, however, by Shimkus’ political committee, Volunteers for Shimkus, and Davis said his overall pay remains about the same. Davis also lauded the work of the GOP’s deputy executive director, JOHN BLESSING, who is based in Chicago and keeps the day-to-day operations going as Davis works to raise money and try to build the state party structure. The idea is to bring the quality workers who were part of the success last year and will be again in 2012 “into the normal party operations,” including in non-election years. Davis does say it was a “huge disappointment” that his own state senator, BILL BRADY of Bloomington, lost his 2010 race for governor. Davis isn’t sure how long he’ll be working for the state party, but does plan to return to full-time status with Shimkus’ office. The previous executive director of the state GOP is CURT CONRAD, 38, of Springfield. He was with the party for nearly four years, part of the time as political director. He had been with state government for a dozen years earlier, including time as director of advance for then-Gov. JIM EDGAR and a legislative liaison for the Department of Central Management Services. He also worked at the Department of Natural Resources. Conrad joined the staff of state Treasurer DAN RUTHERFORD shortly after the Republican took the office this year and is director of technical and support services. He said the $99,000 annually he’s being paid is down from the $110,000 he was paid by the state party, but he was asked to help by Rutherford, and believes the treasurer “has a great future.”)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Windfall Pensions: In this massive article, the Chicago Tribune uses Bill Maio and his supporters to make DuPage County look like it is worse than Cook County. How will Joe Birkett, John Case, Dan Cronin, Jim Edgar, Gayle Franzen, Olivia Gow, Gwen Henry, Chris Kachiroubas, Bill Maio, John Nowak, Pate Philip, Bob Schillerstrom, Robert Schroeder, and others respond?
- OUTSTANDING: IRS awards $4.5M to whistleblower – AP
(DIERSEN: If you had evidence that an individual, an organization, or a company was engaging in tax fraud, what would you do? Individuals, organizations, and companies that engage in tax fraud want to hire “yes-men” and “yes-women.” They do not want to hire honest ethical people.)
(DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, and companies that bring Hispanics into America, that hire Hispanics, often exploit Hispanics.)
(DIERSEN: What percent of those bank robbers voted for Democrats?)
(DIERSEN: Democrats blame Republicans for all problems.)
- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Zorn comments on Cosgrove, Duffy, & Righter
- 5 large states, 5 different paths to fix budgets – AP
- Stop encouraging deployed female soldiers to wear headscarves – Kyndra Miller Rotunda
(DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats and the RINOs encourage American women in America to wear headscarves to curry favor with the Muslims?)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
- Unions to show support for Wisconsin workers in Daley Plaza – Abdon M. Pallasch
- Deal reached to avoid government shutdown – AP
- Key details of the budget agreement, Boehner version. – Lynn Sweet
- Shutdown: This is only the first of many spending fights to come – Chuck Raasch
SUBURBAN LIFE
(DIERSEN: DuPage County would be the most healthy county in the state if Democrats and RINOs had not for many decades done everything they could to attract people to the county who have severe health problems and to keep them in the county.)
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A study published online March 30 by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation said DuPage County was the second-healthiest county in the state. Neighboring Kane County ranked ninth on the list, and Cook County came in much lower at No. 70. According to the study, several measures were used to determine the rankings: length and quality of life, health behaviors, clinical care, social and economic factors and physical environment. The impact Some of the study’s highlights included the finding that 12 percent of people in the county reported poor or fair health. There was also a low motor vehicle crash death rate and a low rate of sexually transmitted infections per 100,000 people in the population. The study also determined that in terms of physical environment, DuPage County outranks the state in air pollution and access to healthy foods. Linda Kurzawa, president of the DuPage County Board of Health, attributed the improvement in physical environment to the high number of grocery stores and farmers markets throughout the county. “We are thrilled to receive this ranking, which is a testament to the services and programs we provide at the DuPage County Health Department,” Kurzawa said. “We will not take these rankings for granted and become complacent, rather we will continue the hard work we’ve undertaken over these last five years to ensure our residents have access to quality health care.” For more on the study, visit http://www.county healthrankings.org.)
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
SOUTHTOWN STAR
- AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Oak Forest girl creates bed mats for homeless veterans – Katie Fanuko
- Injured veteran gets help ponying up for dream car, a red Mustang – Bob Rakow
- Calumet Township taxpayers spent $60,000 on pool drowning report – Lauren FitzPatrick
- Stop those pay hikes by lame-duck officials – Phil Kadner
FOX NEWS CHICAGO
- Durbin and Kirk Weigh In on the Federal Government Shutdown
- Federal Agencies Prepare Employees for Government Shutdown
WJBD
WBEZ
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I cannot believe that we are going to close down the government because of the insistence of the House Republicans in closing down access to this kind of healthcare in our state,” Durbin said. That’s just not true, according to Republican U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren of West suburban Winfield. “The entire time that we’ve been talking about this it’s that we have to reduce the size of the federal government. That’s what this is about. It’s about the money,” Hultgren said. “And for the Democrats to try and shift it off to something else, is just disingenuous.”)
BEACON NEWS
COURIER NEWS
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
HERALD NEWS
- DISGUSTING: Suburban church gets attention with ‘Friday’ parody video
- DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING:: Joliet Diocese engages in racial steering
QUAD CITY TIMES
CHICAGO NOW
AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
- ‘Day of Silence’ Walkout – Parents, Don’t Feed the Pro-Homosexual School Beast – Peter LaBarbera
- Video: Obama’s White House Signing Ceremony for Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell – Peter LaBarbera
CHICAGO NOW & PUBLIUS FORUM
- OUTSTANDING: SB35 (SB600), Republican Vote Reform Unanimously Passes Ill. Senate – Warner Todd Huston
ILLINOIS REVIEW
- VIDEO CLIP: Roskam on “The O’Reilly Factor” Friday night
- Planned Parenthood uses tax dollars to help Democrats, attack Republicans
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
ASSOCIATED PRESS
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When Fernando Molina left central Mexico to move to Illinois, he was searching for affordable housing, job opportunities and established Hispanic neighborhoods with grocery stores, bakeries and clothing shops. He didn’t head for Chicago, a well-known magnet for Mexicans pondering the journey north. Instead, he settled in Aurora, about 40 miles to the west. “It’s like Mexico inside the United States,” said Molina, 37, a social worker who has lived in the U.S. for more than a decade and now assists other immigrant families. “You can find everything in the stores.” Over the last decade, tens of thousands of others have followed his path to Aurora – more than 35,000 of about 55,000 new residents between 2000 and 2010 were Hispanic. The city, which is now 40 percent Hispanic, has surpassed Rockford to become Illinois’ second-largest city. The trend of immigrants heading directly to American suburbs instead of starting in a major city intensified from 2000 to 2010 – and was one factor in Illinois’ 32.5 percent increase in Hispanic population in that period, according to recently released U.S. Census data.)
GOPUSA
FOX NEWS CHANNEL
FOX NEWS BUSINESS
NEWSMAX
- Trump Meets With Priebus as He Mulls Prez Bid – Dan Weil
- Trump a Blueprint for 2012 – David Limbaugh
EAGLE FORUM
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you are attending college to get teacher certification, you will probably be required to attend classes on “multicultural education.” This is supposed to bring diversity to the classroom and prepare teachers to teach pupils of various ethnic or national backgrounds. The textbooks in these courses typically include Teachers as Cultural Workers by Paulo Freire, a Brazilian socialist who preached that society is divided into oppressors and oppressed. Other required readings teach that Americans are an institutionally racist society and are designed to train teachers to create political radicals to promote “progressive” social change. The monthly journal Education Reporter published an informative expose by a teacher who attended a conference on training teachers how to teach students what is called “social justice,” a code word for a specific type of teaching that is contrary to traditional American notions of justice based on individual rights. “Social justice” teaches children that America is an unjust and oppressive society that should be changed. Social justice materials typically include far left proposals such as acceptance of homosexuality, alternate lifestyles, radical feminism, abortion, illegal immigration, cultural relativism, and the redistribution of wealth. Social justice is often promoted through what is called “student-directed learning” because students are supposed to “construct” their own knowledge. These words put a new spin on what was previously called “unguided learning” or “minimal guidance learning.”)
ONE NEWS NOW
HUMAN EVENTS
WORLD NET DAILY
- Cook County Jail to house transgender men with women inmates Critic wonders who’s paying costs of special panel to evaluate needs – Bob Unruh
- The pathetic shutdown charade – Alan Keyes
THE HILL
POLITICO
- John Boehner closes the deal to avoid government shutdown – John Bresnahan
- Deal curbs D.C. abortions, includes other social issues – Carrie Brown
HUFFINGTON POST
- Terry Cosgrove, CEO Of Pro-Choice Personal PAC, Appointed To Illinois Human Rights Commission Amid Controversy
- Federal Budget Deal Reached, Government Shutdown Averted At Least Temporarily – AP
NEW YORK TIMES
- FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Late Clash on Abortion Shows Conservatives’ Sway – Jennifer Steinhauer
- Donald Trump Strikes Back – Gail Collins
WASHINGTON TIMES
WASHINGTON POST
- Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) blames GOP ‘hate’ for approaching federal shutdown – John Wagner
- TREASONOUS: Maryland House passes bill to allow in-state tuition for illegal immigrants who meet conditions – AP
WALL STREET JOURNAL
- Closing Down Government to Take Days, Not Hours – Devlin Barrett
- The Internet Tax Mirage Politicians try to drive online commerce-and revenue-out of state. – Editorial
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Governor Pat Quinn recently added to his reputation as America’s most taxing politician by signing a law applying the state’s 6.25% sales tax to Internet purchases made in Illinois. Within hours, Amazon, the online book and merchandise seller, announced it would discontinue using any of its 9,000 Illinois small business affiliates to avoid having to collect the tax. Congratulations, Governor.)
(DIERSEN: Many liberal Democrats argue that you are far more responsible for slavery and that you benefit far more today from slavery if any of your ancestors fought for the Confederacy. I am proud to report that none of my ancestors fought for the Confederacy and that at least one of my ancestors fought for the Union. But my liberal Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed that none of my direct ancestors on either my father’s or mother’s side fought for the Union. Did any of your ancestors fight for the Confederacy? To what extent are you responsible for slavery? To what extent do you benefit from slavery? Liberal Democrats argue that “the apple does not fall far from the tree.”)
BUSINESSWEEK
(DIERSEN: One of the Democrat Party’s goals is that all federal employees will be females, minorities, and/or homosexuals.)
GLOBE AND MAIL
(DIERSEN: DEMOCRATS AND RINOS HAVE ALWAYS ARGUED THAT GOVERNMENT’S TOP PRIORITY IS TO PROMOTE ABORTION, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, TO PROVIDE FREE ABORTIONS FOR WOMEN WHO SAY THEY CAN’T AFFORD ABORTIONS.)
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When the Tea Party stormed on to the U.S. political stage in 2009, leaders of the right-wing populist movement insisted their one and only goal was to restore fiscal sanity to the federal government. Yes, they opposed Barack Obama’s health-care reform law. But that was because it required bigger government. They contended they had no hidden agenda. Their mission was all about fiscal, not social, conservatism. So how did a battle over a $3.6-trillion (U.S.) budget boil down to a fight over a meagre $75-million in funding for Planned Parenthood? A visitor to Washington on Friday could have been forgiven for thinking he had entered a time warp, reliving the days when the Moral Majority loomed over every legislative fight and abstinence programs were a cause célèbre on Capitol Hill. The culture wars, long thought passé with the decline of the Christian right and changing social attitudes, were back in the spotlight. Each time Democrats went before the cameras on Friday, they blamed the budget standoff that threatened to shut down the government at midnight on one issue: Republican attempts to slash funding for women’s health initiatives.)
USA TODAY
(DIERSEN: My preference is for the more traditional Corvette, I am not that big on racing.)
TIME MAGAZINE
- DIERSEN HEADLINE: David Von Drehle discusses why the Civil War was fought. Democrats and RINOs believe that a) White men alive today continue to benefit substantially from the “sins” of their ancestors, mainly from the Indian Wars, slavery, the War with Mexico (1846-1848), denying women the right to vote, and using the atom bomb on Japan, and therefore, b) White men alive today should pay for the sins of their ancestors and suffer the reverse discrimination of “Affirmative Action” and “Diversity.” To what extent do you directly benefit from the Indian Wars, slavery, the War with Mexico, denying women the right to vote, and using the atom bomb on Japan? How much do you owe minorities and owe women who are alive today? My liberal Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates made it very clear that they believed I owed a lot. They argued that I owed minorities and women a lot because a) I was born White, b) I was born a male, c) my parents raised me and did not divorce, d) my parents sent me to grade school and high school, e) my parents provided me room and board during my first 2 years in college, f) my ancestors came to America during the 1840s while the Indian Wars were still going on, while slavery was legal in parts of America, before the War with Mexico, while women were denied the right to vote, and before America used the atom bomb on Japan. They seemed to give a lot of weight to when my ancestors came to America. They seemed to argue that the longer that your ancestors were in America, the more that you owe minorities and women. When did your ancestors come to America?)
- MARCH 3, 2011 FLASHBACK: A Union Divided: South Split on U.S. Civil War Legacy – Claire Suddath
HAARETZ
(DIERSEN: What do Jewish-Americans have to say about this?)
MINUTEMAN PAC
– Arizona Teacher Exposes Illegal Immigration in Classrooms http://www.minutemanpac.com
(FROM THE EMAIL: Substitute teacher Tony Hill unknowingly ignited a rhetoric bomb when he wrote a letter to Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce, the legislator behind Arizona’s infamous SB 1070. This letter was read on the state Senate’s floor to support legislation requiring parents to prove their children are citizens of the United States before the children may enter school. The letter was written by Hill on March 15, 2011, after substituting at Harold W. Smith Elementary School. Wrote Hill: “During the Pledge of Allegiance I notice the vast majority of students refusing to stand and say the pledge. I asked the students why they refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance and they responded by saying, “we are Mexicans and Americans stole our land.” The teacher’s instructions were for the students to read a few pages and answer the questions regarding Mark Twain in their history textbook and to finish their final drafts to Senator Steve Gallardo thanking him for his position on Illegal Immigration rights. Their teacher apparently had showed them a video with Senator Steve Gallardo and Lou Dobbs. Most of the students came unprepared for class not possessing paper and pencil. I provided the students with paper and pencils only to have them wad-up the paper and throw it at each other along with their pencils. The students’ final drafts that I read were basically the same. Most of them stated they were in the country illegally, White Americans are racist, and that they came here for a better life. I asked the class if America adopted Mexico immigration laws would Americans still be consider racist? That question they could not answer and called me a racist for asking it. I mentioned that my wife and children are Hispanic so how could I be racist? I asked the students to stop speaking Spanish in class because it was impolite to speak a language in front of people who may not speak that language. Their response was that Americans better learn Spanish and their customs because they are taking their land back from us. When it came to completing the Mark Twain assignment only 10 students completed it out of all my classes. Most of the students refused to open the book, tore the pages out of the book, or threw the textbooks at each other. I thought are these the students we are trying to educate with taxpayers money. I have found that substitute teaching in these areas most of the Hispanic students do not want to be educated but rather [want to] be gang members and gangsters. They hate America and are determined to reclaim this area for Mexico. If we are able to remove the illegals out of our schools, the class sizes would be reduced and the students who wanted to learn would have a better chance to do so and become productive citizens.” “They hate America and are determined to reclaim this area for Mexico,” wrote Hill. Citizens, we need your help. This letter was the result of one substitute teacher’s day covering for an absent elementary teacher. Imagine how many other classrooms there are just like this at other elementary schools across the nation. And let’s not forget middle schools and high schools. Can you imagine the dangers posed to your child or children by having students like this in his or her classroom? I certainly don’t want my children educated alongside other students who already have the high aspirations of joining dangerous gangs affiliated with the Mexican cartels’ drug-trafficking and human-smuggling – all while they scorn a tax-payer funded education and the chance to better themselves. That money could be better spent educating American children who love our country, our values, and our way of life. But we have to act NOW! Fellow Patriots, please use this opportunity to join Minuteman PAC in sending a blast fax to Congress demanding they secure our borders, reform birthright citizenship, and mandate parental citizenship for a FREE education. As Washington squabbles today over the 2011 budget, we need to let them OUR representatives know exactly where they can save billions of dollars – by NOT providing a free education to the children of illegal immigrants. The American education system is funded by the taxes collected from citizens like yourself and I. It seems only right and just that these funds educate OUR children without the disruption and danger of having anti-American students with hopes to join Mexican-cartel gangs in the same classroom. Mr. Hill’s letter is a damning indictment of every elected official, and President Obama himself, who has stalled in pushing through real immigration reform and border security measures. Help us tell Washington just how sick and tired we are of career politicians supporting Amnesty measures in order to obtain those votes, while sacrificing every opportunity to secure the U.S.-Mexico border. Send your Blast-Fax to Congress Today! Now, more than ever before, we have to act. We must secure our border. We must secure our classrooms.)
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Government Accountability Office: Out of 3,000 employees, fewer than 30 would be considered excepted.)
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the government nears a potential shutdown, federal agencies are beginning to release estimates of how many employees could be furloughed. Many employees are still unsure of whether they are considered essential or nonessential, and have been told to report to work on Monday. Here’s a tally provided by agencies of how many workers would be furloughed or considered excepted in the event of a shutdown. We’re also linking to agency contingency plans as we get them. Check back regularly for updates.)
ADVOCATE
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Springfield, the capital city of Illinois, has its first openly gay city council member – and he’s a Republican. Cory Jobe (pictured), deputy chief of staff to state comptroller Judy Baar Topinka, won election easily Tuesday in the city’s sixth ward, with opposition only from write-in candidates – Democrat Kent DeLay, who is also gay, and Republican Cameron Counts, reports Chicago’s Windy City Times.The ward’s incumbent alderman, Mark Mahoney, did not seek reelection. Elsewhere in Illinois, not only did Chicago elect its second gay city council member, two suburbs with progressive reputations voted in gay candidates in municipal races this week. Richard Rykhus was elected to the Evanston school board, and Ray Johnson was reelected as an Oak Park village trustee.)
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
- Inflation Fears Up, 87% Paying More for Groceries
- 28% Say They Share Obama’s Political Views
- 74% Say They Should Pay No More Than 20% of Their Income in Taxes
CONSUMER REPORTS
REPRESENTATIVE ADAM KINZINGER
UPCOMING EVENTS: FOR EVENT DETAILS, VISIT THE EVENTS PAGES AT: http://www.illinoisreview.com, http://www.weareillinois.org, and/or http://www.dupagegop.com
4/9 Event: Statewide Combined Armed Forces Military Ball at Cantigny Park in Wheaton
4/11 Event: DGTRO meeting at Ashyana Banquets
4/11 Event: Paul Ryan to speak at RJC event in Chicago
4/12 Event: Township Annual Meetings
4/13 Event: Milton Township GOP meeting
4/14 Event: Behrend to speak at RALC meeting in Mundelein
4/14 Event: William J. Kelly hosts Official Atlas Shrugged Movie Premiere Screening.
4/15 Event: William J. Kelly speaks at Springfield Tea Party Rally
4/15 Event: March on the IL State capital hosted by the Springfield Tea Party and Alton Tea Party
4/16 Event: Berlin to speak at TAPROOT breakfast meeting in Lombard
4/19 Event: Fortner meet and greet at Pal Joey’s in West Chicago
4/20 Event: Priebus to speak at City Club of Chicago breakfast meeting
4/20 Event: Priebus to speak at Northwest Suburban Republican Lincoln Day Dinner in Schaumburg
4/21 Event: Roskam to speak at Lauzen luncheon fundraiser in Naperville
4/25 Event: Millner reception in Rosemont
4/27 Event: Pawlenty to speak at For The Good of Illinois luncheon in Collinsville
4/29-30 Event: IFRW Spring Conference in Peoria
5/1 Event: Illinois Forum meeting in Rantoul
5/1 Event: Kachiroubas fundraiser in Lisle
5/3 Event: Gibson reception at Arrowhead in Wheaton
5/6 Event: Monroe County GOP Dinner
5/27 Event: Defense of Marriage Rally in downtown Chicago
6/28 Event: DeMonte to speak at the Bureau-LaSalle Tea Party event
6/29 Event: Rutherford to speak at City Club of Chicago Luncheon
7/4 Event: Wheaton Independence Day Parade
7/16 Event: DeMonte to speak at TAPROOT breakfast meeting in Lombard
7/16 Event: Operation Support Our Troops concert at Cantigny Park in Wheaton
8/14 Event: TAPROOT picnic in Woodridge
8/18 Event: Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair
8/25 Event: “Tee it up fore women” golf outing at St. Andrews
8/28 Event: Naperville Area Republican Women’s Organization A Tribute To Great Women Leaders
10/7-9 Event: Values Voter Summit in DC
10/16 Event: Zaruba fundraiser brunch at Drury Lane
10/28 Event: Milton Township Republican Oktoberfest at the Carlisle
The opinions that I express in this email are based on experience that I have gained doing many things including:
Republican
– serving on the committee that developed the Illinois Republican Party’s platform in 2008
– serving as the Chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois (www.taprootgop.org) since 2005
– serving on the Steering Committee of the Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007
– serving as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004
– serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000
– serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999
Employment
– consulting since 1998, being a member of the American Association of Political Consultants since 2001, and being a founding member of its Midwest Chapter
– serving as an arbitrator for the Financial Regulatory Authority since 1998 and for the Better Business bureau since 2001 — working for the U.S. Government Accountability Office 1980-1997
– working for IRS 1971-1980
– working for Firestone Stores 1970-1972
– working for the Post Office 1966-1969
Education
– earning a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997
– earning a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980
– earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976
– earning a bachelors degree in management from NIU in 1970
– attending the University of Illinois in Chicago 1966-1968
– earning a diploma from Crete-Monee High School in 1966
Professional
– becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997
– becoming a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996
– becoming a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994
– becoming a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990
– becoming a licensed CPA in 1982
– passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981
– passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979
Other — serving as the Treasurer and a Director of http://www.Adversity.Net since 1999 — serving on the Executive Committee of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants 1983-1996
– being a union member 1966-1969 and 1971-1980
– assisting attorneys with lawsuits that charged age discrimination, reverse discrimination, retaliation, breach of contract, exceeding executive branch authority, and fraud
– living in DuPage County and its county seat Wheaton since 1978, in Chicago 1974-1978, in University Park 1972-1974, and in Crete 1948-1972
– being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine
– owning cars since 1964 and only American nameplate cars since 1964
– being married since 1978
– being confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran in 1962
– being someone who is 100% German national origin
– assuring proper care for my 80-year-old aunt who has Alzheimer’s
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