About Steve Reick
After graduating from the University of Illinois (B.S.) and the University of Georgia (M.S. Accounting) and the University of Georgia Law School (J.D.), I helped families and businesses in McHenry County with my specialized knowledge of tax law for over 40 years.
My wife Deb and I have been married for over 40 years and raised our three children in Woodstock. We’ve both been involved in the community, from coaching soccer when the kids were young to running a successful business to being members of the Woodstock Rotary Club and volunteering in numerous causes.
Having retired from the practice of law, my attention is now focused on representing McHenry County in the Illinois General Assembly as a means to give back to the community which has given me so much.
Though hope for the future of Illinois is not easy to come by right now, we have no choice but to keep working. Our natural capacity for optimism has been sorely tested by deepening political divisions, with many saying that what stands in the way of progress is constantly having to deal with people who don’t think like us.
The genius of our politics is figuring out how to tackle common problems while continuing to disagree about the right way to solve them. When we talk about the problems that confront us, too often we tend to talk about one another than to one another and spend far too little time trying to find solutions to our common problems. Within that discussion we must remember how to disagree without being disagreeable.
The basic principles that we all hold in common impose moral boundaries on our political life while giving us room for disagreement. That doesn’t mean that we can’t unite so long as we understand what unity means. Unity doesn’t mean thinking alike; unity means acting together. It’s what I’ve tried to do for the past 8 years and will continue to do so long as it is my privilege to represent you.