forced him to file long economic interest disclosure lists each year, including detailing which firms his law firm did business for and also had business before city government.because his firm represented businesses that could be affected by the outcome of City Council votes — even after presiding over committee hearings at which the issues were discussed.
to the 14 counts filed against him, which include racketeering, federal program bribery, attempted extortion, conspiracy to commit extortion and using interstate commerce to facilitate an unlawful activity. A trial in the case has been pushed back several times and is currentlyBefore his indictment, Burke was perhaps best known as one of the main architects of the racially charged, in which a bloc of white aldermen led by him and then-Ald.
Burke stepped down in early 2019 as Finance Committee chair after the FBI raids that led to the current indictment against him. Still, Burke went on to win a 13th term as alderman despite the federal case and the fact that Southwest Side progressive power U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García backed one of the two Latino opponents Burke faced in the majority-Latino ward.
“It seems all these other folks are running for cover and don’t want to talk about him, but frankly, that underscores the fact that we’ve got different factions of the political machine manifested in Mendoza, Preckwinkle, Daley and Chico and others who don’t want to rock the boat because they are very much wedded to the status quo,” Lightfoot told the Tribune days after the federal raids on Burke’s offices.
I'm running unopposed in the cloak room. My reign will not end.
Die in jail, dirtbag.
Too dirty to run. One of Chicago’s most corrupt politicians ever which is saying something.
looks like there are two candidates running for Ward 14 Alder - Jeylu Gutierrez and Raul Reyes Jeylu is endorsed by Chuy, and has a pretty vague set of policies on her website I can't find any website yet for Raul
From cop to corrupt alderman.
Siri Play : O Danny Boy cuz the Pipes are a callin!
Fighting a wide-ranging federal corruption indictment, the alderman who has represented the Southwest Side’s 14th Ward for more than a half-century declined to file nominating petitions before Monday’s deadline to run.