Diersen’s News Clips and Upcoming Events; February 25, 2010

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
February 25, 2010

Fellow Republicans:

News clips and upcoming event information:

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

• Quinn details $2 billion in spending cuts Schools would be hardest hit under governor’s plan – Ray Long ¹
• BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Joining a growing list of local law enforcement officials across the U.S., Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran on Wednesday urged Congress to adopt federal immigration reforms that would legalize the nation’s estimated 10.6 million illegal immigrants. – Antonio Olivo (DIERSEN: Everyone knows that legalization (amnesty) would dramatically increase illegal immigration.) ²
• FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Quinn details $2 billion in spending cuts Schools would be hardest hit under governor’s plan – Ray Long ³
• The Restaurant divide Whites are more likely to take your order, a survey finds, while minorities are more likely to toil back in the kitchen. – Oscar Avila ⁴

(DIERSEN: For 1 and 1/2 years, during 1964, 1965, and 1966, while I was a Junior and Senior at Crete-Monee High School, I washed dishes in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I was able save enough money from doing that job that I could buy a new car before I graduated from high school, a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, that I used to commute to classes at the University of Illinois in Chicago. My superiors and coworkers told me that I was the first White to hold the job. They told me that because the job was so bad, the minorities who held the before soon quit. I was able to endure the job’s negatives because I knew that because I was going to college, I would not be washing dishes for the rest of my life.)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER

• GOP county chairmen wonder what Schock is up to – Bernard Schoenburg ⁵

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Are U.S. Rep. AARON SCHOCK, and his chief of staff, STEVEN SHEARER, trying to influence who gets on the Republican State Central Committee? And if so, why? Those questions are being asked by some Republican county chairmen in central Illinois. And some of them are asking another question as well: Is Schock preparing the way to run for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Democrat DICK DURBIN, D-Ill., in 2014? Shearer said Schock, R-Peoria, is supporting an insurgent candidate for central committee in his own district. However, Shearer said, much of the rest of the rumor mill, including the suggestion that Schock is trying to position himself to run for higher office, is “ridiculous.”)

DAILY HERALD

• Poor leadership fails reform efforts – Patrick Collins, Former chairman, Illinois Reform Commission ⁶
• Madigan plan to abolish lieutenant governor office advances – Tim Magaw ⁷
• Senior free rides could be scaled back – John Patterson

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Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 cuts irk parents, teachers – Robert Sanchez ⁹

• Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 selects its new superintendent – Robert Sanchez ¹⁰
• Navistar to present ‘dramatically different’ proposal to Lisle – Jake Griffin ¹¹
• Media outlets need new priorities – Ed Smetana, Arlington Heights ¹²

(DIERSEN: Sadly, in my precinct, 30 cast Democrat ballots in February 2, 2010 primary election — Cohen got the most votes (8) for Lieutenant Governor.)

(THE LETTER: Scott Lee Cohen would never have been elected except for the $2 million in ads he placed. The newspapers and TV networks, by accepting his money for ads, in fact endorsed him for office. The fourth estate {the news media} has a duty to do some due diligence: not just to just take the money first and ask questions later. My favorite Illinois newspaper’s motto is; “To fear God, tell the truth and make money.” If all the media outlets would consider using these priorities in order better candidates would come to the fore front.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

• BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: SNEED: Blago to address NU students on ethics ¹³

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Stranger than fiction: Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Northwestern University alum, will address Northwestern students on . . . ethics in politics . . . at 7 p.m. next Tuesday at the University’s Cahn Auditorium. Scott’s plot? Hmmm . . . So where is scandal-shrapneled Scott Lee Cohen, and what’s he doing since dropping out of the lieutenant governor’s race? Here’s some answers. He intends to “work” to recoup the $2 million he put into the race,” according to Cohen’s spokesman, Baxter Swilley. One option could be a fund-raiser. Translation? He intends to run again? “He hasn’t ruled that out,” Swilley said. “He’s been really thinking about what he’s going to do with the rest of his public life.” “He’s been thinking about how to clean up his personal life in the wake of all these media stories,” said Swilley. Translation: “He’s been cleaning up his personal life since 2005, but obviously it wasn’t enough,” Swilley said.)

• Schools to take wallop in 2011 state budget 15% cuts starting in July still expected to leave Illinois in red – Dave McKinney and Steve Contorno ¹⁴
• New conservatives pretty darn liberal – Jacob Sullum ¹⁵

(DIERSEN: Beyond outrageously, beyond unethically, beyond disgustingly, as everyone knows, more and more outrageous, unethical, and disgusting companies, organizations, and people that falsely claim to be “conservative” are doing everything they can to destroy the Republican Party by dumping the conservative social blanks in the Republican Party platform. These these companies, organizations, and people are really Libertarians or Democrats.)

• SWEET: Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Ok.)travels to Chicago to headline a March 5 fund-raiser for the Republican National Committee at the Drake Hotel. The ticket prices range from $1,000 to $250. The host committee includes Pat Brady, the chairman of the Illinois Republican Party and a member of the RNC national committee, and other Illinois GOP leaders. One of the RNC’s fund-raising committees, the “Young Eagles” are also helping put the event together. Chicago is fertile territory for GOP fundraising. Sen. John McCain (R-Az.) visited Chicago earlier this month for a funder for Illinois GOP Senate nominee Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-Ill.) and to raise money for himself. McCain is in a contested GOP primary against former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Az.) Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) hits Chicago in April for a funder at the Standard Club. ¹⁶

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS

• Schools big loser in early Quinn budget – Greg Hinz ¹⁷
• Democrats need to find their backbone on Obamacare 2.0 – Greg Hinz ¹⁸

(DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats, RINOs, Libertarians, Independents, etc. come together and solve the whole healthcare problem by imposing a $100,000 annual “special healthcare tax” on Republicans?)

SOUTHTOWN STAR

• Quinn launches state budget Web site – Joe Biesik ¹⁹

SUBURBAN CHICAGO NEWS

• Birkett says he might not run again – Erika Wurst ²⁰
• DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Democrats and RINOs promote gambling big time. How soon with they promote pornography, pot, prostitution, etc.? ²¹
• Navistar denies involvement in tax appeal – Hank Beckman ²²

DOWNERS GROVE REPORT

• Biggert’s office scene of sit-in – Elaine Johnson ²³

CHAMPION NEWS

• Adam Andrzejewski and Judge Don Lowery join call for Illinois GOP to respect the law in SCC elections – Doug Ibendahl ²⁴

(THE ARTICLE: In a joint statement issued today, former Republican Gubernatorial candidate Adam Andrzejewski, and Judge Don Lowery, former Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, called upon the Illinois Republican Party to simply follow Illinois law and thereby disallow the voting of vacant precincts at the upcoming GOP county conventions on March 3rd. Andrzejewski states, “In the election of Republican State Central Committee, certain County Chairmen vote their own ‘vacant precincts’ to consolidate power. This creates a strong disincentive to build our party. If County Chairmen can cast the votes of the empty precincts – why do the hard work of filling them? . . . Let’s welcome our new committeemen and respect our existing ones.” “What we need today, in advance of the March 3rd Republican Party conventions, is a ruling by Chairman Pat Brady and the Illinois Republican Party that voting the vacant precincts will no longer be permitted,” Andrzejewski continued. According to Judge Lowery, who served for 26 years on the bench of the Illinois Circuit Court, “For a county chairperson to vote vacant precincts as his/her own vote, apparently in contravention to the applicable law, would bring into legal question the validity of the election of a State Central Committeeperson elected with those invalid votes.” A vacant precinct is one not represented by an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman. The Illinois Republican Party has directed GOP County Chairmen to personally cast the weighted votes contained within these vacant precincts in the elections for the members of the Illinois Republican Party’s Central Committee. This directive has the potential to severely dilute the voice of the elected Precinct Committeemen. In the past, the practice has typically allowed incumbents to easily secure another four year term. The process to select the 19 members of the State Central Committee (one from each U.S. Congressional District) will occur immediately after each county GOP organization selects a County GOP Chairman. County conventions to choose these GOP officials will take place concurrently in the 102 county seats across Illinois on the evening of March 3rd. For more about next week’s GOP county conventions and the vacant precinct issue, see here and here.)

• The Audacity of the State – John Biver ²⁵

ILLINOIS REVIEW

• Simple Election Reform for Illinois – Charlie Johnston ²⁶
• Andrzejewski Calls on Illinois Republican Party to Reverse Vacant Precinct Rule ²⁷

TOM ROESER

• Dillard will likely quit governor race soon ²⁸

CHICAGO NOW

• Barack Obama [says again to the Republicans]: Show me the Plan – Jeff Berkowitz ²⁹

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG

• Algonquin Township Republicans Select Leaders – Cal Skinner ³⁰

CHICAGO ARGUS

• DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Democrat Gregory Tejada blasts a) Republican Brady for not declaring himself the winner and b) Republican Dillard for not conceding ³¹

WORLD NET DAILY

• What’s wrong with CPAC? – Joseph Farah ³²

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE

• CPAC Shills for Islamic Terrorists ³³

GOPUSA

• Obama’s Nanny Care Insults the American Spirit – Michael Barone ³⁴

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

• Hurtling Down the Road to Serfdom – John Stossel ³⁵

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

• E-Verify Misses Half of Illegal Workers, Report Finds – AP (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats and RINOs have no problem with that.) ³⁶

NATIONAL JOURNAL

• Tea Party reaches boiling point – Steven Stanek ³⁷

CONSERVATIVE BLOG WATCH

• MORE EVIDENCE THAT CPAC IS BEING INVADED, INFESTED, AND DESTROYED BY ANTI-CONSERVATIVES: Poker Group Elated Following Overwhelmingly Positive Reception at CPAC ³⁸

(DIERSEN: CPAC organizers welcomed homosexual advocates and gambling advocates at CPAC 2010. Will they ask abortion advocates, pot advocates, prostitution advocates, etc. to speak at CPAC 2011?)

RASMUSSEN REPORTS

• 51% Fear Government More Than Private Health Insurers ³⁹

(DIERSEN: Democrats who expect to get preferred treatment from a health care system run by the Democrat Party should consider that the group that they are a member of (race, gender, age, religion, etc.) and/or they themselves individually might fall out of favor with the Democrat Party and the health care that they would get then would be as bad as the health care that Republicans and Independents would get. When a health care system is run by a political party, you can expect that if you don’t do enough to promote that party (contributions, phone banking, going door-to-door, etc.) you will be treated as badly as those who are not a member of the party.)

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

• Illinois Gov. Quinn considers $2B in budget cuts – AP ⁴⁰

CBS NEWS

• DIERSEN HEADLINE: Brian Montopoli argues that Libertarians and homosexuals are having success in destroying the Republican Party ⁴¹

GOPUSA ILLINOIS

– Bucholz, Carlson, Earl, Eckhoff, Edwards, Falbo, Fawell, Flickinger, Formento, Galvin, Heidorn, Hinkle, Hundhausen, Jensen, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, Keller, Kehoe, King, Kotecki, McBride, McKillip, Muehlfelt, Olson, Smith, Spitzzeri, Whelan, Wilson, and Zaruba attend outstanding February Milton Township Republican Central Committee monthly meeting – Dave Diersen

http://www.gopillinois.com

The Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) held its monthly meeting Wednesday evening, February 24, 2010, at its election headquarters in the Webb Dodge Building at 285 Roosevelt Road in Glen Ellyn.

Outgoing MTRCC Chairman Mike Formento served as master of ceremonies. Attendees included Fred Bucholz, Lori Carlson, Bob Earl, Grant Eckhoff, Chris Edwards, Sal Falbo, Beverly Fawell, Jeff Fawell, Jim Flickinger, Mike Formento, Catherine Galvin, Chris Heidorn, Gail Hinkle, Joyce Hundhausen, Marie Jensen, Ann Jorgensen, Chris Kachiroubas, Martin Keller, Patrick Kehoe Gary King, Roger Kotecki, J.R. McBride, Brian McKillip, Gary Muehlfelt, Debra Olson, Ron Smith, Fed Spitzzeri, Tim Whelan, Karen Wilson, and John Zaruba.

89 Milton Township precinct committeemen attended. Elected unopposed were Heidorn for Chairman, Carlson for Vice Chairman, and Hinkle for Secretary. Keller defeated Earl for the Treasurer position.

Sadly, the word “budget” was never mentioned during the meeting. Heidorn immediately appointed Kehoe as Chairman of the Policy Committee, Jeff Fawell as Chairman of the By-Laws Committee, Jensen as Chairman of the Ways & Means Committee, Muehlfelt as Chairman of the Unincorporated Areas Committee, and Galvin as Chairman of the Publicity and Website Committee.

Sadly, last year, Heidorn argued that MTRCC should do less rather that more to maximize Republican turnout for the February 2, 2010 election. Because he did not appoint anyone to serve as Election Headquarters Chairman and because he said MTRCC’s next meeting (April 14) will be held at the Wheaton Bowl, it appears that he is rejecting the opportunity that MTRCC has to use Webb Dodge building for free to maximize turnout for the November 2, 2010 election.

Heidorn announced that Jeff Fawell is running to serve as Secretary of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee.

GOPUSA ILLINOIS

– Factors that should motivate Illinois Republican precinct committeemen to support their township chairman – Dave Diersen

http://www.gopillinois.com

The Chairman:
– demonstrates that he/she is involved in politics to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform
– promotes committeemen who have demonstrated that they are involved in politics to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform
– promotes committeemen who have demonstrated that they work hard to promote the Republican turnout in their precinct, in their township/ward, in their county, and in the state
– promotes committeemen who have demonstrated that they keep up to date with political news, especially Illinois Republican political news
– promotes committeemen who have taken the time to get to know very well all the Republican elected officials who represent their precinct
– promotes committeemen who have taken the time to get to know very well all the Republican candidates who will be on the ballot in their precinct for the next election
– promotes committeemen who regularly attend township party, county party, and state party meetings and events
– promotes committeemen who share information with others
– does not promote “Republicans” who have brought disgrace to the Republican Party or anyone who promotes such “Republicans”
– does not promote committeemen who want to viewed as being yes-men or yes-women
– does not promote committeemen who want to viewed as being “political thugs”
– does not promote committeemen who argue that the party should do less rather than more to help elect Republicans
– does not promote committeemen who argue that you can earn the right to violate by-laws, that you can earn the right to break the law, etc.

UPCOMING EVENTS: FOR EVENT DETAILS, VISIT THE EVENTS PAGES AT: www.illinoisreview.com, www.weareillinois.org, and/or www.dupagegop.com
2/25 Event: Family Pac Federal fundraiser for Rubio
2/26 Event: Pankau fundraiser in Medinah
2/26 Event: ROLT 2010 Lincoln Day Dinner
2/27 Event: Tom Cross to speak at NTRO monthly meeting
2/28 Event: Evanston Lincoln Luncheon
3/1 Event: Pihos and Bellock internet safety townhall meeting in Downers Grove
3/3 Events: County Party Conventions
3/5 Event: Coburn to speak at RNC fundraiser in Chicago
3/5 Event: Wheaton Women’s Republican Club chili dinner and legislative update
3/5 Event: Senator Tom Coburn to attend 42nd Ward fundraiser
3/6 Event: ICRC meeting in Plainfield
3/8 Event: Republican State Senate Campaign Committee Reception in Springfield
3/11 Event: Zediker to speak at NARWO meeting
3/12 Event: Senator Cronin’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner at Diplomat West Banquets, Elmhurst
3/14 Event: Addison Township GOP Annual Brunch
3/15 Event: Keats to speak at City Club of Chicago luncheon
3/17 Event: St. Patrick’s Day parade in Naperville
3/19 Event: Rove to speak at DuPage GOP Lincoln Day Dinner
3/31 Event: DuPage County Young Republicans Party in Wheaton
4/9 Event: NTRO Annual Pizza Party
4/16 Event: Pawlenty to keynote Lake County Republican Federation gala
4/26 Event: Radogno to speak at City Club of Chicago luncheon
5/5 Event: Cinco de Mayo RNHA fundraiser in Aurora
7/4 Event: Wheaton & Glenn Elyn Indepence Day parades
7/17 Event: Operation Support Our Troops concert in Wheaton
9/18 Event: Glenn Beck to speak at URF event in Chicago area
11/2 Event: General election
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