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> Not quite as impressive, but four of the past 10 Illinois governors went to prison after their governorshipt Well, to maintain the tradition, Illinois voter
by 75dvtwin 7y ago
> Not quite as impressive, but four of the past 10 Illinois governors went to prison after their governorshipt
Well, to maintain the tradition, Illinois voters doubled down, and just did this:
>"...
As Chicago's longest serving alderman faces prison time, his spouse will become the state's most powerful judge.
The state's high court justices on Sept. 10 elected Justice Anne Burke to chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, succeeding former Chief Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier. (snip)
Burke's rise to chief justice comes while her husband, 14th Ward Ald. Ed Burke, faces a 14-count indictment on federal corruption charges.
In January, federal prosecutors accused the alderman of attempting to extort
the owners of a Burger King franchise in his ward by withholding a remodeling permit
in order to pressure them to hire his private law firm to handle their property tax appeals.
..." [1]
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/illinois_supreme_court_selects_chief_justice_married_to_indicted_chicago_alderman_at_center_of_huge_federal_probe_into_political_corruption.html https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/illinois_suprem...)
- hinkley 7y agoIt's a funny dynamic that people "from Illinois' outside of Chicago think of Chicago like it's a separate state. Frequently overheard conversation: "Oh hey, I'm from Illinois, too!". "Oh yeah? Where from?" "I grew up in Naperville." "... Oh, you're from Chicago," which might be said with or without judgement but is meant as a clarification; I'm from Illinois, you're from the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area or 'Chicago' for short. Other than the Cubs, the Bears, the Bulls, Budweiser, and WGN on basic cable, we share nothing culturally with you. You don't know how to drive, run an airport, or talk good. What's with the pizza and the green river?
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoCulturally it is basically a separate state. Everyone not in the Chicago area is basically a rounding error far as state government cares (Chicago has all the money so of course the government panders more to them, that's just how things work, no surprise there) though Chicago will complain right back about "those hicks downstate" (or something like that) preventing them from doing what they want. If it were up to me we'd have like 100+ states so that people don't have to deal with sharing a state with and potentially get told what to do by some jerks that they have nothing in common with. I usually pick NY as my poster child example but IL works too. Edit: Down-voting me won't make Chicago and downstate reconcile their differences.
- codyb 7y agoThat’d reduce rural voting strength from ridiculously outsized to a bit less outsized making influencing our politicians a lot more expensive. It’d be great for the vast majority of Americans but is probably unlikely to happen because the people spending the most money will convince the primarily poor and less well educated rural populace that they’ll be giving up their votes and it’ll diminish their power despite an almost universal lack of satisfaction with our Congress among Americans of all shades and stripes.
- hinkley 7y agoHonestly, my first thought after reading the title was, "I wonder what the Peruvian immigration patterns are and if they specifically avoid Chicago?"
- mc32 7y agoWhat’s up with Chicago and dirty politics anyway? They’re forever in popular culture and music seen as being the heart of the political machine.
- stjohnswarts 7y agoI know. They make Washington politics look practically straight laced and we all know what a den thieves and cut throats it is.