Campaign money tied to Ald. Edward Burke’s alleged extortion scheme was intended for County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, sources say – Chicago Tribune
When Burger King was slow to respond to his bid for their business, Burke and one of his ward employees discussed increasing the pressure by withholding the permits needed for the remodel.
“All right, I’ll play as hard ball as I can,” the complaint quotes the ward employee.
“OK,” Burke replies.
sort of ironic a crooked federal agency with no integrity going after an aldermanic crook with no integrity, I wonder who Burke did not pay off at the federal level?
Mr_Common_Sense
7 years ago
The Feds got him. He is good as toast.
NB-Chicago
7 years ago
the guy from better gov on wttw tonight was saying the feds have been tapping burke’s phone for over a year–WOW!! who know how many other scum bag crook county pols they can catch–one can only dream. why is it that its always the fed going after all these crooked alderman and not little lisa?
also, wp the article is posted as a trib article but opens to crains article
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
sort of ironic a crooked federal agency with no integrity going after an aldermanic crook with no integrity, I wonder who Burke did not pay off at the federal level?
The Feds got him. He is good as toast.
the guy from better gov on wttw tonight was saying the feds have been tapping burke’s phone for over a year–WOW!! who know how many other scum bag crook county pols they can catch–one can only dream. why is it that its always the fed going after all these crooked alderman and not little lisa?
also, wp the article is posted as a trib article but opens to crains article