The Chicago Sun-Times reports on the man who's running Chicago:
Ten years ago, Chicago’s most powerful alderman, Edward M. Burke, and the rest of the City Council signed off on a deal that promised $16 million in taxpayer subsidies to the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. to help it build a new corporate campus on Goose Island rather than move to the suburbs.
There's more:
Three years later, Burke’s law firm, retained by Wrigley, persuaded Cook County officials to lower the property assessments for two buildings the chewing gum giant had bought down the street from the new campus.
Even the family of Jesse Jackson makes an appearance in this amazing story. You'll want to read this one. This is Chicago, insider deals for some: high taxes for most. For a look at Alderman's Burke ties with the Chicago Mob, click on this.
