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Article: Burke gets dumped - right into the spotlight
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 17, 1987
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Now he's the top gun.
Ald. Eddie Burke (14th) got dumped from his powerful Finance
Committee chairmanship yesterday, but he also stepped out of Eddie
Vrdolyak's
shadow and into what could prove to be a more important role as the
undisputed leader of Mayor Washington's City Council opposition.
Burke, 43, is more than ready for the fight. In pushing for
Burke's ouster as chairman of the Finance Committee, Washington
unwittingly managed to revive his longtime antagonist's political
stock. No sooner had Washington captured a second term than he began
plotting Burke's political demise. By devoting so much attention to
the man he loves to hate, Washington made it known that the ...