Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about Ed Burke’s light sentence and what it means for Illinois’ reputation for corruption, why Chicago’s high commercial property tax rates could accelerate a doom loop in the city, and more.
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Again, this guy is the freaking husband of Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. They were married for decades. This guy was a one-man old school crime machine all the while his wife, who had no notable legal experience to speak of, becomes Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. And everybody says, “Sure all of the Illinois Democrat party is more corrupt than the file sectors on Hillary Clinton’s bleach bit hard drive, but I’m always going to vote blue, NO MATTER WHO!”
So Burke serves maybe four months of his sentence in a low-security federal prison campus, likely in hospital-ward, entitled with special privileges, and pays a $2 million fine. Small price for Burkes, given their enormous wealth and political clout masterfully exercised over their decades-long careers.
That Anne ever became a Illinois Supreme Court judge is a travesty.
If the Feds did not prosecute, no one in Illinois would do time and even then, it’s a slap on the wrist.
$ comes out of his political war chest, not his.
Hmm.. the geezer gets a non- sentence because he’s too old, something he should’ve considered over his many years of deal making and stealing. Perhaps if he outlives his sentence, his pension should be taken away at that point?
Congratulations to his donors for paying his legal bills and this paltry fine. Two years is a joke.
The sentence of course is a joke, and an insulting one at that. Unfortunately it isn’t a surprise. Crime pays, and in the world of politics, it pays well. Take comfort in the fact that he’s gone, and he won’t enjoy a second of those two years. The clock is ticking Eddie, and while it seems to move faster as we age, those two years are going to drag for you. All the power and influence are gone now, with the next story of corruption by an Illinois politician only a few days away in all likelihood.
“. All the power and influence are gone now.” No they’re not. That’s how he got a relatively light sentence. If he survives it, he’ll do fine afterwards.
Doing what, practicing law? He’s 80 and he’s done. And that hurts him the most. Just my opinion.
Meanwhile a root beer Slurpee thrower is probably going to get the death penalty, democrats will pass a new law to address this issue and allow the death penalty for this person, after offending the sweetheart of democrats Cabrini Kim Foxx. Justice? No such thing for the connected ones.
I thought the same thing exactly.
Didn’t Vallas write a letter?