Got it: My gues is Burke and his wife are going down.
From:http://www.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs/1653232,CST-NWS-watchdogs06.article
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Indicted Chicago developer made big profit on city deal
Sun Times ^ | 07/06/09 | TIM NOVAK AND CHRIS FUSCO
Posted on Monday, July 06, 2009
Burke (14th) was among 49 aldermen who approved the deal that allowed the Chicago Construction and General Laborers’ Council to buy the 24-acre site from since-indicted Chicago developer Calvin Boender.
Boender made a 37 percent profit on the land, which he had owned for about six years, city records show.
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“•• Burke, who’s chairman of the City Council Finance Committee. The city’s most powerful alderman, Burke also heads a law firm that has represented Boender in 14 property-tax appeal cases since 2005, a relationship the Chicago Sun-Times disclosed last week. Five of those cases were filed this year, and Burke won reductions for Boender on three of those properties.
In March 2007, Boender hosted a campaign fund-raiser for Burke’s wife, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke, raising $58,250. Burke’s wife says she has refunded some of that money and has given the rest to charity.”
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“Ald. William Banks (36th), chairman of the City Council’s Zoning Committee. Banks’ nephew James Banks is the zoning attorney Boender hired to win city approval to build homes on the former industrial property. The alderman abstained from voting on Boender’s zoning case — Banks never votes on any cases handled by his nephew — but Banks did vote to give the laborers money to buy Boender’s land.
• • Ald. Emma Mitts (37th), a protege of Carothers. Her ward also includes part of the Galewood Yards project, which she strongly supported.
When the City Council voted 49-0 to give the laborers council the money to buy Boender’s land, 10 of those aldermen had gotten campaign contributions from Boender — including Carothers, Burke, Banks and Mitts. The others: Walter Burnett (27th), Ted Matlak (32nd), Ricardo Munoz (22nd), Burton Natarus (42nd), Billy Ocasio (26th) and Ed Smith (28th). Matlak, Natarus and Ocasio no longer are aldermen.
Carothers, according to court records unsealed in May, wore a wire for federal authorities for more than a year to record conversations with developers and public officials. Carothers has pleaded not guilty in the case, though his lawyer has not ruled out a guilty plea later on.”
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Mayor Daley’s personnel chief quits (accused of lying - Chicago Way)
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Mayor Richard Daley’s personnel chief resigned Tuesday, less than two weeks after the city’s independent inspector general called for his removal.
Homero Tristan, a member of Daley’s Cabinet as the top human resources official, was accused of lying to investigators from Inspector General David Hoffman’s office, which was looking into City Hall hiring abuses.
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Daley appointed Tristan to lead his personnel agency in June 2008. Tristan has ties to some of the mayor’s closest Latino political allies, including Ald. Daniel Solis (25th) and the United Neighborhood Organization.
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Both the court hiring monitor and Daley’s Office of Compliance have repeatedly criticized Tristan for his alleged failure to comply with the city’s own hiring plan. In a report last month, the compliance office said the department’s leadership often “lacks a basic understanding of the new hiring plan.”
Hoffman had investigated Tristan’s alleged failure to report to the court and others a Jan. 29 letter written by Ald. Michael Zalewski (23rd) on behalf of a city worker who wanted to avoid a transfer to another job site. Tristan this year told the hiring monitor he was aware of Zalewski’s letter but was unsure if he had to report it, according to court records. Hoffman said Tristan told his investigators he was not aware of the letter until weeks later.