Twenty-five years after Tricia Dieringer first put on an Army uniform, her desire to serve has brought her to the command of the 11th District American Legion, which includes 54 posts and upwards of 14,000 members in Kane, McHenry, DuPage and Will counties.
Steve Abbott, a veteran South Elgin police officer, loved softball and the outdoors. But Lou Gehrig’s disease robbed him of the use of his body. Now bedridden and unable to speak, Abbott lives each day to its fullest in a new way and refuses to give up on life.
It’s difficult to understand why a 70-year-old homeowner with a paid-off house should owe less property tax than a 35-year-old couple juggling student loans and daycare, especially when both earn the same income.
Our political process is so broken that we need a new show of populism and power.