Diersen’s News Clips and Upcoming Events; March 11, 2010

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
March 11, 2010

Fellow Republicans:

News clips and upcoming event information:

GOPUSA ILLINOIS

– OUTSTANDING: Andrzejewski to Speak at March 20 TAPROOT Breakfast Meeting – Dave Diersen

http://www.gopillinois.com

All Republicans are invited to attend TAPROOT’s March 20 breakfast meeting at the Old Country Buffet, 551 East Roosevelt Road, in Lombard. Former gubernatorial candidate and newly elected DuPage County Downers Grove Township Precinct Committeeman Adam Andrzejewski will speak on the future of the Republican Party in Illinois. Doors open at 8:00 AM, meeting starts at 8:30 AM, and ends by 10:00 AM. The meeting will be held in the restaurant’s north meeting room. Attendees will need to purchase an all-you-can-eat meal ticket for only $5.99. Your RSVP is not required, but appreciated for planning purposes. Hope to see you there! For more information, email Dave Diersen at diersen@aol.com or phone him at 630-653-0462.

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

• Quinn speech: More! More! – Eric Zorn ¹
• DuPage Water Commission legislation tied to one of its members County Board member Jim Zay, who serves on the panel, helped prepare bill to abolish – Bob Goldsborough ²
• Senate candidate Kirk shows his tax returns – John Chase ³
• A peek at Kirk’s tax returns GOP Senate nominee made more than $232,000 in 2008 according to joint filing – John Chase ⁴
• Raise taxes or cut education, Quinn says Governor calls for ’some difficult, painful choices’ – Ray Long, Monique Garcia, and Bob Secter ⁵
• CFTC’s Gary Gensler wants above-board approach to over-the-counter derivatives – Greg Burns ⁶

(DIERSEN: When my liberal Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take early retirement in 1997 to set me up as an example of what GAO does to those who complain about reverse discrimination, I had just completed the requirements for a masters degree in financial markets and trading at IIT and I knew as much about OTC derivatives as anyone at GAO.)

DAILY HERALD

• Suburban lawmakers react to budget speech – Chase Castle ⁷
• Call for upheaval and reform of GOP – Chris Lauzen, Aurora, State Senator, 25th Legislative District ⁸

(THE LETTER: I deeply appreciate the landslide support that voters in the Republican Feb. 2 primary provided for me and our volunteers. The clear message, at least in our Republican Primary, was: Tell people the truth. Serve constituents, not the powerful political potentates. Shrink government and restore our pride in traditional American values. Bring our jobs back. Stop the behind-the-scenes manipulation and coercion. I call for an upheaval and reformation of the Republican Party based upon the clear message from our voters. Actions that can be taken immediately include: 1. Return the power of directly voting for party leadership to “the People.” 2. Anyone, at any level of government, who is found enriching himself, his family or friends beyond his statutory pay should immediately be fired and prosecuted. Zero tolerance for self-serving corruption is our standard. 3. Pat Brady, the Illinois Republican Chairman, should resign for interfering and taking sides in this Republican primary and for doing nothing to effectively stop his predecessor from spending $5 million to attack his opponents (after having promised to monitor and enforce clean campaigning standards). 4. The Kane County Republican Chairman should resign so that we can credibly begin the work of reconstructing a reformed Republican-led coalition of Republicans, Independents, and disillusioned Reagan Democrats. “Less Government, More Individual Freedom” will be our objective and slogan. 5. The current Aurora Republican Chairman is already stepping down. The new elected chairman should work hard to rally the Reform Coalition around recruiting and supporting candidates who will practice honest competence. 6. Dennis Hastert should return to the U.S. Treasury the $500,000 per year that he is receiving, as former Speaker of the House, to employ three staff members whom he pays over $100,000 per year each and $6,300 per month rent, and a taxpayer-paid SUV for his use.)

• It’s time for tax hike or more cuts, Quinn says in budget address – John Patterson ⁹
• Medical marijuana bill is flawed – Margaret Polovchak, Director Maine Community Youth Assistance Foundation (MCYAF), Des Plaines ¹⁰
• BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Reasons to support video gambling – Scott D. Roscoe, President, Fox Valley Building Trades Council, Aurora ¹¹
• Naperville plan will draw more barflies – Kathy Benson, Naperville ¹²

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

• Rep. Mark Kirk and ex-wife jointly earned $239 K in 2008 – Dan Rozek ¹³
• State’s in hock, and all of us are on the hook We have to pay bills, even if it means spending cuts, tax hike – Mark Brown ¹⁴
• 1% tax hike too little, but better than none – Editorial ¹⁵

(DIERSEN: Of course, the Chicago Sun-Times, an arm of the Illinois Democrat Party, would love to impose confiscatory taxes on the millions and millions of Illinois companies, organizations, and individuals that it vehemently disapproves of, for example, it would love to impose confiscatory taxes on conservatives, that is, on platform Republicans, that is, on the base of the Illinois Republican Party.)

• Gov seeks 33% tax hike for education, billions in spending cuts ‘Some difficult, painful choices’ – Dave Mckinney and Steve Contorno ¹⁶

SOUTHTOWN STAR

• Budget plan is clever, but D.O.A. – Kristen McQueary ¹⁷

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS

• Brady, Madigan, Radogno, Cross tear into Quinn’s budget ¹⁸

ABC7

• Quinn seeks income tax hike for schools – Charles Thomas (Includes video clip) ¹⁹

NBC5

• The voters of Illinois like you better than Pat Quinn. And the ladies of Illinois really, really like your well-groomed, Porsche-driving self better than that bald, rumpled mess of a governor who can’t pay the family’s bills. – Edward McClelland ²⁰

(DIERSEN: Of course, Brady would be even more popular if he drove a Corvette instead of a Porsche.)

• Blago Does the Funny Former Illinois governor wondered if he should’ve brought his attorney – Ivanna Hampton ²¹

FOX NEWS CHICAGO

• Governor Quinn: Raise Income Taxes By One-Third ²²
• Bill Brady calls Quinn’s budget “catastrophe” – Mary Massingale ²³

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER

• Quinn seeks income tax hike for schools – Doug Finke ²⁴

(DIERSEN: Why not for schools in “poor” areas, that is, in Democrat areas? Why not for “poor” children, that is, for Democrat children? Tragically, it seems, public schools focus on creating “good little Democrats” rather than on education.)

• Back and forth on tax hike – Bernard Schoenburg ²⁵
• Quinn’s budget plan lacks boldness – Editorial ²⁶
• OUTSTANDING: Gun-rights activists descend on Capitol – Bruce Rushton ²⁷
• Blagojevich appears again with David Letterman – AP ²⁸

THE SOUTHERN

• OUTSTANDING: Gun owners demand carry rights – Bill McMorris ²⁹

SUBURBAN CHICAGO NEWS

• Quinn’s budget has deep cuts, deficits ³⁰
• Maybe it’s time to get out of this state of chaos – Denise ³¹
• Governor’s plan shifts burden to us – Bob Okon ³²
• Quinn plan stuns locals – Andre Salles, Stephane Lulay, and Rowena Vergara ³³

PIONEER LOCAL

• The key word is ‘illegal’ – Nancy J. Thorner, Lake Bluff ³⁴

QUAD CITY TIMES

• Q-C lawmakers skeptical of Illinois governor’s budget plan – Mike Riopell and Chris Essig ³⁵

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER

• Quinn wants to raise taxes, delay paying bills – Christopher Wills ³⁶

JOURNAL COURIER

• Budget speech bankrupt of ideas – Esitorial ³⁷

MURPHYSBORO AMERICAN

• Quinn calls for 33 percent tax hike – Doug Finke ³⁸

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR

• Quinn calls for painful cuts, tax hike in budget speech – Doug Finke ³⁹

ST. LOUIS TODAY

• Illinois governor’s race features stark contrasts – Patrick Gauen ⁴⁰
• OUTSTANDING: Illinois gun owners push for concealed carry legislation – Kathleen Foody ⁴¹

WREX

• Rockford would lose millions if Quinn’s budget passes – Katie Nilsson ⁴²

(DIERSEN: My understanding is that DuPage County if one of a very few Illinois counties, if not the only Illinois county, that gives more to the State of Illinois in taxes than it gets back in revenue expenditures.)

HERALD REVIEW

Quinn: Raise taxes or cut money to schools – Kurt Erickson ⁴³

ILLINOIS TIMES

• BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Why the latest gambling push has a chance – Rich Miller ⁴⁴

(DIERSEN: The Illinois Republican Party platform opposes the expansion of gambling.)

CHICAGO NOW

• Marin: Alexi Facing Heat to Withdraw – Blake Dvorak ⁴⁵
• Responding to Gov. Quinn’s proposed budget: Reform, New ideas and No New Taxes. – Jeff Berkowitz ⁴⁶

ILLINOIS REVIEW

• Cross and Radogno react to Governor’s budget speech ⁴⁷
• Rep. Connelly: Less talk and more reform ⁴⁸
• IL GOP Chairman: Raising taxes 33% is not the answer to fixing this budget mess ⁴⁹
• Andrzejewski responds to Carol Marin ⁵⁰

TOM ROESER

• Brady Leads Pander Bear by 10 Points! A Great Out for Illinois Dems and Emanuel. ⁵¹

CAPITOLFAX

• Rasmussen: Giannoulias over Kirk 44-41 – Rich Miller ⁵²
• Post budget speech interviews, media avails – Rich Miller ⁵³

ALL 4 GROWTH

• You Stay Classy Jim Edgar; Former Gov. Shows Sour Grapes & Hypocrisy to GOP Gov. Nominee – Greg ⁵⁴

HUFFINGTON POST

• Pat Quinn Budget Address: Bill Brady Budget ‘Heartless And Naive’ ⁵⁵

(DIERSEN: How soon will Quinn be saying the Brady is really of German national origin and that those who support him, want to throw not only dogs, but children into the gas chamber? How soon will Quinn be saying that German-American Dave Diersen got Brady to sponsor the dog gas chamber bill?)

• Chicago Video Poker: City’s Video Gambling Ban Could Cost Illinois $178 Million ⁵⁶

THE HILL

• DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hispanic Caucus reemphasizes that its goal is to turn America into Mexico. By sending millions and millions and millions of its citizens into America illegally and by sending millions and millions and millions of tons of illegal drugs into America illegally, Mexico has constructively declared war on America. What if during WWI and during WWII a “German Caucus” in America emphasized and reemphasized that its goal was to turn America into Germany?) ⁵⁷

RASMUSSEN REPORTS

• 60% Say Their Kids’ Textbooks Place Political Correctness Above Accuracy ⁵⁸

REAL CLEAR POLITICS

• The Politics Of Unemployment – Mike Memoli ⁵⁹

WASHINGTON TIMES

• Government workers feel no economic pain Security, wages, benefits beat private sector’s – David Dickson ⁶⁰

(DIERSEN: What percent of all “government workers” are Democrats — 85%?, 90%?, 95+%?)

NEW YORK TIMES

• Governor Proposes Rise in Income Tax for Illinois – Monica Davey ⁶¹

ASSOCIATED PRESS

• Quinn seeks income tax hike for schools – Christopher Wills ⁶²

(DIERSEN: Why not for schools in “poor” areas, that is, in Democrat areas? Why not for “poor” children, that is, for Democrat children? Tragically, it seems, public schools focus on creating “good little Democrats” rather than on education.)

MSNBC

• Eric Massa’s Navy files Ex-rep’s former shipmates say unwanted advances are nothing new – Joshua Green ⁶³

(DIERSEN: If you are in politics, especially if you hold yourself out to be conservative and/or religious, a) you should avoid touching anyone (except your spouse) for any reason in public and b) if you have ever broken your marriages vows or engaged in homosexual activity and tried to cover it up, you should consider a different career.)

USA TODAY

• For the third time in three years, the world has a new richest man. Riding surging prices of his various telecom holdings, including giant mobile outfit America Movil (AMX), Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim Helu has beaten out Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on earth and nab the top spot on the 2010 Forbes list of the World’s Billionaires. ⁶⁴

SCRIPPS NEWS

• Popularity of cremation heats up in America – Elizabeth Lucas ⁶⁵

(DIERSEN: Reasons why your GOPUSA Illinois Editor has chosen cremation include: a) No children, b) Few relatives, and c) Few would visit my grave site — since the early 1980s, certain extremely influential, wealthy, and/or feared Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County people (of course, I can name them), who vehemently disapprove of my conservatism, who vehemently disapprove of my patriotism, who vehemently disapprove of my religion, who vehemently disapprove of my independence, who vehemently disapprove of what I have done with my life, who vehemently disapprove of those who do not pander to them, and/or who vehemently disapprove of those who they cannot dominate have spent a tremendous amount of their time and energy demonizing me and denigrating me to anyone and everyone who will listen to them. One extremely wealthy, influential, and feared Wheaton businessman has threatened violence against me several times and he tells the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) that he will not give the DCRCC any money until the DCRCC “gets rid of me.” An extremely influential and feared Wheaton official has done for decades, is doing now, and will continue to do everything that he can to harm me. For over a decade, an extremely influential and feared DCRCC official has kept a stick nearby to “beat me with.” Sadly, to avoid the wrath of those who demonize and denigrate me or to curry favor with them, hundreds of yes-men, yes-women, and political thugs in Wheaton, Milton Township, and in DuPage County do everything they can to harm me. Outrageously, most of them claim to be Republican, but some, beyond outrageously, claim to be conservative, religious, and/or patriotic.)

BOSTON EDGE

• Illinois Republicans nominate anti-gay state lawmaker as gubernatorial candidate – Joseph Erbentraut ⁶⁶

(DIERSEN: To be accurate, Illinois Republicans nominated a gubernatorial candidate, Bill Brady, who, unlike Judy Baar Topinka, does NOT have a record of promoting homosexual activity. But, sadly, Illinois Republicans nominated a Comptroller candidate, Topinka, who has a very strong record of promoting homosexual activity. How many millions, if not billions, if not trillions of dollars will the homosexual advocates spend to advance their agenda by defeating Brady and electing Topinka? How soon will the homosexual advocates succeed in passing laws that criminalize opposition to promoting homosexual activity? Beyond outrageously, homosexual activists have jumped in bed with other anti-conservatives and have invaded, infested, and all but destroyed many many many Republican campaign teams, Republican elected officials’ staffs, and Republican organizations in Illinois.)

DUPAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE

• OUTSTANDING: Committeemen and Elected Officials are invited to a special Q&A session with Bill Brady and his campaign team. The Q&A session will be held in main banquet hall at Alta Villa immediately following the Rally. . .For more information: Dupage4Brady@gmail.com ⁶⁷

UPCOMING EVENTS: FOR EVENT DETAILS, VISIT THE EVENTS PAGES AT: www.illinoisreview.com, www.weareillinois.org, and/or www.dupagegop.com

3/11 Event: Zediker to speak at NARWO meeting
3/11 Event: Mark Curran to speak at RALC meeting in Mundelein
3/12 Event: Senator Cronin’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner at Diplomat West Banquets, Elmhurst
3/13 Event: Proft to speak at 42nd Ward Breakfast meeting
3/13 Event: St. Patrick’s Day parade in Naperville & Elmhurst
3/14 Event: Addison Township GOP Annual Brunch
3/14 Event: Brady rally at 1:30 PM in Addison
3/15 Event: Roskam fundraiser for Rutherford in Addison
3/15 Event: Keats to speak at City Club of Chicago luncheon
3/15 Event: LTRO monthly meeting
3/17 Event: Republican Women Legislative Day in Springfield
3/19 Event: Rove to speak at DuPage GOP Lincoln Day Dinner
3/20 Event: Andrzejewski to speak at TAPROOT breakfast meeting
3/20 Event: IRP SCC meeting in Springfield
3/22 Event: Republican Assembly of Northern Cook County to meet in Des Plaines
3/22 Event: Vernon Township GOP meeting
3/25 Event: Oliver fundraiser in Bolingbrook
3/27 Event: RALC Ronald Reagan Day Dinner in Vernon Hills
3/28 Event: Illinois Forum meeting in Brookfield
3/31 Event: Grogan to speak at DuPage County Young Republicans Party in Wheaton
4/6 Event: Kelly to speak at TEA Party Express in Rockford
4/9 Event: NTRO Annual Pizza Party
4/9 Event: Vernon Republican Candidate Night
4/10 Event: Bill Brady, Dan Sugrue, and Joe Walsh to speak at breakfsat meeting in Grayslake
4/12 Event: Dillard fundraiser in Downers Grove
4/14 Event: Milton Township GOP meeting
4/15 Event: Andrzejewski to speak at TEA rally in Palatine
4/16 Event: Pawlenty to keynote Lake County Republican Federation gala
4/17 Event: Kelly to speak at Clark County TEA Party
4/26 Event: Radogno to speak at City Club of Chicago luncheon
4/28 Event: David Kohn on Theodore Roosevelt at the Union League Club
5/2 Event: Kachiroubas fundraiser in Lisle
5/5 Event: Cinco de Mayo RNHA fundraiser in Aurora
7/4 Event: Wheaton & Glen Ellyn Independence Day parades
7/17 Event: Operation Support Our Troops concert in Wheaton
9/9 Event: RNHA of Illinois Meet the Candidates event
9/18 Event: Glenn Beck to speak at URF event in Chicago area
11/2 Event: General election

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