Aug 09, 2016 Chicago Alderman Lopez Uses Sick Stray Pit Bull Death To Push “No Kill”

Chicago - A new pet-activist alderman, Raymond Lopez (15th) is using the death of a sick stray pit bull as an excuse to push for No Kill in Chicago.  He has enlisted none other than the great and powerful Alderman Ed Burke in introducting a resolution to make Chicago a “no kill” city.  Burke must think there’s an angle in it or he thinks appealing to the well-heeled Chicago animal philanthropists will distract people enough to forget the recent discovery that he runs a $100 million worker’s compensation program completely in the dark.  

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Raymond Lopez uses death of sick pit bull to push for no kill and slam CACC

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Feb 25, 2016 - Ed Burke controls a $100 million chicago city workers compensation in complete secret with many allegations of patronage and corruption

2015 - Ed Burke’s law firm is one of the few high powered law firms that rake in the cash exploiting Cook County’s purposefully convoluted and faulty tax assessment system representing clients in “one of the most inefficient, corrupt systems in urban politics.”

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google street view of Ed Burke's palace

1983 - Ed Burke was one of the leaders of the racially polarized “council wars” that opposed the first black Mayor, Harold Washington.