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That averages out to one council member convicted every 16 months. Burke is the first since former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson less than two years ago.
Mark Rice, a candidate for the 8th Congressional District, has spotlighted the conviction of former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke on 13 out of 14 counts in a significant corruption trial.
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With the news of the indictments of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and others, including Quincy native and former State Representative Mike McClain, I wondered about the most corrupt politicians in the history of the state of Illinois.
With the news of the indictments of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and others, including Quincy native and former State Representative Mike McClain, I wondered about the most corrupt politicians in the history of the state of Illinois.
Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson (11th) is the first former or sitting Chicago alderperson to be convicted since former Ald. Ricardo Muñoz (22nd) pleaded guilty last September and the 37th since Fred Hubbard (2nd) in 1973. It averages out to a Council member convicted every 16 months.
Munoz joins what is becoming Chicago's least exclusive club suntimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from suntimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Prison release date: Our file of partial and completed forms is fat. A full drawer. We created the form, for convenience sake, way back when, possibly when Ald. Paul Wigoda was convicted of bribery in 1974. But it’s hard to be sure. We do periodic purges to make room for new, completed forms. On Thursday, we added Ald. Carrie Austin to the file. She’s the latest alderman to run afoul of the law, allegedly, and, truth be told, we’re more disappointed than usual. Editorials Not that we didn’t see it coming. Austin had been under federal investigation for more than two years. And if you understand Chicago, you understand never to be shocked when an alderman, even a super reform type, is caught out. Remember Larry Bloom?