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People here in Chicago are so outraged by this insane residency ruling, and now that they have found out that both judges owe their seats to Gery Chico endorser Alderman Ed Burke, there is going to be a huge sympathy backlash vote in favor of Emmanuel.
Unless, of course, Burke's wife Anne, who sits on the Supreme Court, rules him ineligible. Then you are going to see the biggest clusterfuck election this city has ever seen. The people will have been disinfranchised by the machine ward boss ... and it ain't gonna be pretty.
Alderman Edward Burke:
Entered Office 1969, winning a special election after the incumbent, his father Joseph Burke, died in office Previous Life Cop and law school student Patrons Joseph Burke Strengths Roughly $7 million in his campaign war chest. Seat on the Democratic Party judicial slate-making committee ensures that Cook County judges owe him their jobs. Wife is state supreme court justice Anne Burke. Lucrative private law firm represents clients doing business with the city. Chairs the council’s powerful finance committee, controlling billions of dollars in deals and contracts. Favorite Joke “I feel a little like Zsa Zsa Gabor’s ninth husband on their wedding night. I know what I’m supposed to do, but I’m not quite sure how to make it interesting,” he’s fond of saying after 38 years of budget hearings. Prospects More of the same: getting rich, controlling contracts, retelling jokes, and letting his old rival Daley run the rest of the show
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