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Posts tagged "Ed Burke"

How many Burkes does Illinois need, for crying out loud?

Gov. Pat Quinn’s nomination of Jennifer A. Burke to the state’s Pollution Control Board passed 43-11. She is the daughter of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke and Chicago Ald. Ed Burke. State Rep. Dan Burke, D-Chicago, is Ald. Burke’s brother. Read the details in the StLtoday.com... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
November 10, 2011 at 11:24 am
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Why the Sun-Times deserves to live.

Fellow ChicagoNow blogger Mike Doyle says the Chicago Sun-Times deserves to die. Here’s one reason it deserves to live: A superb reporting and writing job by Sun-Times political writer Abdon M. Pallasch on the slating of state and county judges. No, I’m not saying that newspapers are the only place you can find this kind... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
September 21, 2009 at 9:38 pm
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Wal-Mart decision entombed in a different City Council committee

Without explanation, the decision to allow a second Wal-Mart into Chicago has been sent to molder in Ald. Ed Burke’s Finance Committee, a Tribune story reported. Leon Finney: “What happened?” Rev. Leon Finney, head of the Woodlawn Organization and a revered Chicago activist, appeared to be stumped by the move. After the decision was lateraled... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
July 29, 2009 at 4:30 pm
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