incredible news: The Uihlein family is donating $35 million to Northwestern football, which means that's $35 million dollars they aren't donating to all the other things they typically donate to. thank you Northwestern football for helping divert their finances
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![Hayward, Wisconsin [edit ]
In 2015 and 2016, Richard attempted to form an agreement with Utility company Xcel Energy, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to have a floating bog that was blocking the dock to his home in Hayward on Kavanagh Bay nailed down to the lake bed. 57159 Normally, when floating bogs become a nuisance to boaters, area residents push them away with their boats. (69]
Lake Bluff and Lake Forest, Illinois [edit ]
In June 2023, the Uhleins petitioned for a two-year exemption from a seasonal ban on the use of leaf blowers for their Lake Bluff home 70] The regulation contained such an exemption for public properties, like parks, that are more than 20 acres in size, and they argued that their home should qualify as it was 22 acres in size. 70l Their request was denied. 701
Richard donated to elect a group of school board members for the district that included the "chief critic" of Lake Forest High School's first black principal, Chala Holland. 15|711 Of Holland, a critique of academic tracking, 72) Richard wrote, "I cannot sit by and watch the current administration sacrifice open, honest communication, sacrifice academic excellence and sacrifice my tax dollars."[15]
Palatine, Illinois [edit ]
Richard donated money to community groups and school board campaigns that sought to roll back policies that allow students to use school facilities consistent with their gender identities. 73][15]
Involvement in conservative media [edit ]
In the lead-up to the 2014 U.S. Senate race in Texas, Richard donated $450,571.65 to finance a newspaper that published false stories about Representative Steve Stockman's opponent, Senator John Cornyn, suggesting that he "wanted to ban veterans from having guns, had voted to fund abortion, and was secretly working with Democrats to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants". 741[75] This was discovered when the donation was investigated as an attempt by S](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:srnkqtcpptdtesojmwbgoek2/bafkreighqv5z7krtm7r4qjq7ckg7scye2nyexnizyplqsmamwycs5umru4)
