And the party who gave Burke control over judicial nominations, so that decades of jurists became beholden to him. The other elected officials who, over the years, looked the other way as Burke systematically monetized the Finance Committee for his own personal benefit.
“Along the way, Burke has had many, many enablers: the pernicious practice of aldermanic prerogative which, despite efforts to eliminate it, persists to this day, especially in zoning and development decisions. “With this jury’s verdict, Ed Burke should rightfully be remembered as a man who elevated personal ambition and greed over doing the people’s work. Lightfoot on today’s guilty verdict in the federal corruption trial of former Ald. Seidel is reporting that Burke’s sentencing hearing will be June 19.įollowing is a statement from former Chicago Mayor Lori E.
* The Sun-Times story is here and the Tribune story is here. *** UPDATE 3 *** Andrews not guilty on all charges. *** UPDATE 2 *** Burke convicted of racketeering. Burke and prosecutors are now in the courtroom.
