Findley appointed to new firearms card appeals board
David C.L. Bauer, Editor
A Virginia resident with a long history of serving on local and state groups has been appointed to a newly created state board to review appeals involving Firearm Owners Identification card issues.
Craig J. Findley was named by Gov. J.B. Pritzker as a member of the Firearm Owner's Identification Card Review Board. The appointments are subject to confirmation by the Senate.
Findley serves as a member of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra board and recently completed his role as a trustee of Lincoln Land Community College. He has been chairman of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, served in the state House of Representatives, and was a legislative liaison for the Illinois Department of Transportation.
The board was created Jan. 1 to consider certain appeals when someone is denied a Firearm Owner's Identification card or has a card revoked or suspended.
Other members include Richard Schoenstedt, who spent 20 years as a circuit court judge and 20 years in private law practice, and Frank DePodesta, who has more than 25 years' experience as a supervisory special agent with the FBI.
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David C.L. Bauer is editor and publisher. He has been editor since May 2009 and added publisher responsibilities in February 2016. The Cincinnati native has worked as an editor for newspapers in Florida, Ohio and Kentucky and as a former adjunct instructor of journalism at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He has also worked at radio stations in Ohio as a news director and a disc jockey. He has won a number of national and state awards for his reporting and editing.