My guess is one reason Burkle went with Democrats was to solve labor problems. In the early 90s, I was in Vegas when Food $ Less employees were picketing because they wanted a union and he hired scabs. Mob guys like Vic Kamber,Sweeney Coia and Ickes were hanging around Vegas at that time.
I do know that Burkle is a very shady and to me a very scary guy. I know that Liz and I became aware of him this past spring due to the other connections.
99.9% of Americans have zero knowledge of what Fascism really is.