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Article: Ed Burke's two worlds face a collision course; separation between his city powers, private law practice grows murkier. (Chicago, IL City Council Finance Committee Chairman Edward M. Burke)
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- Crain's Chicago Business
- Article date:
- February 17, 1997
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Separation between his city powers, private law practice grows murkier
The thin line separating the public duties and private business opportunities of Chicago Alderman Edward M. Burke is becoming blurred.
A review of the powerful Finance Committee chairman's small but lucrative law firm, Klafter & Burke, has found that:
* Mr. Burke is co-counsel on a federal case with Jenner & Block - the same Chicago law firm that's receiving millions of dollars from the Finance Committee for representing aldermen in a ward-remap dispute.
* The 14th Ward alderman has helped line up millions of dollars in public subsidies to companies that later hired his ...