Chapa LaVia out as director of Illinois veterans affairs amid virus spread at facilities Linda Chapa LaVia
Updated 1/11/2021 4:33 PM
Amid criticism from veterans advocates and others over her handling of COVID-19 in state-run homes, Aurora resident and former state Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia resigned Monday as director of Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs.
Chapa LaVia offered no explanation for her decision, but it comes during an ongoing inquiry into the spread of the coronavirus at veterans facilities and calls for her to resign or be fired.
Among the leading concerns was an outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans Home in LaSalle, where dozens of veterans have died and hundreds of residents and staff members infected.
Mundelein veteran, 80, produces newsletter to help other vets Veterans Allan Ayers, right, and Allen Lynch took part in a 2018 Honor Flight to Washington, D. C., to see war memorials and to visit Arlington National Cemetery. Courtesy of Allan Ayers Vietnam War veteran Allan Ayers of Mundelein is responsible for the Lake County Veterans Assistance Commission s online newsletter and joined its board in November of 2020. Vietnam veteran Allan Ayers paid respect to his late friend and fellow service member, Alfred Lyon, in Arlington National Cemetery as part of a 2018 Honor Flight. Courtesy of Allan Ayers
Updated 12/12/2020 5:30 PM
Vietnam War veteran Allan Ayers of Mundelein has been busy in his efforts to help other veterans for nearly a decade.