18 Comments - Big Dipper - Tuesday, Jul 12, 22 @ 4:23 pm: It’s in his best interest to delay. Then if convicted he can say an 80-something-year-old-man should not be incarcerated or only for a few months. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jul 12, 22 @ 4:32 pm: If he would left when he was 72, coulda been a nice retirement. On trial… and re-election at 80 seems like way too much for any person. When it’s time to leave the stage… - Boone's is Back - Tuesday, Jul 12, 22 @ 4:38 pm: I wonder what the next delay tactic from his legal team will be - Anyone Remember - Tuesday, Jul 12, 22 @ 4:48 pm: ===When it’s time to leave the stage…=== Perhaps the deal is Missus “Took him for better or worse, but never said anything about lunch.” ?? /s - Rudy’s teeth - Tuesday, Jul 12, 22 @ 4:48 pm: The Two Eddies from Chicago are still not behind bars. Waiting for a matching set of Vincent Gigante’s pajamas. - Newton - Tuesday, Jul 12, 22 @ 5:11 pm: Burke looks quite dapper in his fancy fedora. Probably not running again with new 14th Ward boundaries. Perhaps he should run in the Madigan controlled 13th Ward. - Montrose - Tuesday, Jul 12, 22 @ 5:28 pm: It’s all the man knows or wants to know. He’ll run again in 2027 if he can. - Amalia - Tuesday, Jul 12, 22 @ 5:42 pm: oh Chicago, come on….. - Steve - Tuesday, Jul 12, 22 @ 6:04 pm: Ed’s a long way from trial. There could be a change in defense counsel before November 2023. - Been There - Tuesday, Jul 12, 22 @ 6:53 pm: ====coulda been a nice retirement.==== That’s the most baffling part of this. He maxed out a long time ago on his pension. And may never collect a dime except for his contributions. Plus the supreme also will have a huge pension. Along with the fact he is probably very, very well off even without the pensions. But he still wanted more? - low level - Tuesday, Jul 12, 22 @ 7:26 pm: ==That’s the most baffling part of this.==. Not really. As Montrose said above, its all he’s ever known. He’d been in for over 50 years. Frankly I was suprised he didnt leave when he lost the Finance Committee chair. The fact he decided to stay even if just as a backbench alderman with no chairmanship told me everything i needed to know. He will have to be defeated or convicted to get him out… - Been There - Tuesday, Jul 12, 22 @ 8:02 pm: =====Not really. As Montrose said above, its all he’s ever known. ==== I agree 100% with him wanting to stay as alderman because that’s all he knows. But to solicit a cheap bribe from a burger joint or even want more property tax business is the baffling part. - ;) - Tuesday, Jul 12, 22 @ 8:37 pm: If John Chase has a problem with a man getting his rightful due process then either he should direct his ire at a justice department that wire tapped for ten years and owes him discovery, or he should move to Russia. - Ares - Tuesday, Jul 12, 22 @ 11:07 pm: A side benefit of seniority-based clout. Even pre-COVID, the Grim Reaper or the ravages of age (cutting off competence to stand trial) get to you before prosecutors or the Bureau of Prisons. - CT Guy - Wednesday, Jul 13, 22 @ 8:44 am: ==But to solicit a cheap bribe from a burger joint or even want more property tax business is the baffling part.== At this point it’s not even about the money anymore - moreso the power/ego trip of still doing and getting away with it. - RNUG - Wednesday, Jul 13, 22 @ 10:03 am: == But he still wanted more? == At a certain point, it’s more about the power and being a player than it is the money. - Paddyrollingstone - Wednesday, Jul 13, 22 @ 2:03 pm: Would love to see him win again. - Just a guy - Wednesday, Jul 13, 22 @ 3:34 pm: Look at it this way, in his mind - and also in reality in the City of Chicago and the City Council - he’s saying “I’m not the only one.” Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.