Alderman Ed Burke charged with corruption.

January 6, 2019 0 Comments

Our last mention of the notorious 50-year-tenured Chicago Alderman was last March when the Tribune called him out for conflict of interest. Well now, he was federally charged with shaking down a Burger King franchisee for money. There are 8 months of wiretaps. It looks bad. Maybe par for the course for Chicago and Illinois politics, sadly. | learn more