Powerful Chicago
Alderman Burke and Alderman Isaac Carothers have teamed up to push for a
gun registry:
The City of Chicago would create an official "gun offender registry," similar to sex offender registries, in order to help Chicago police keep closer tabs on felons convicted of gun violations under an ordinance reintroduced today by Aldermen Edward M. Burke and Isaac S. Carothers.
"Sex offender registries are extremely useful tools that provide law enforcement authorities with vital information about who is residing in their communities," Alderman Burke said. "And I believe that our local police department needs to know if someone with a history of gun violations has taken up residence. The illegal use of guns continues to remain one of the biggest and most ongoing threats to public safety in our City."
Alderman Burke worked with
Alderman Roti( the high ranking "made member" of the Chicago Mob) to disarm Chicago residents in 1982.
Alderman Carothers has made Tony Rezko news as of late:
Federal investigators have requested city records on four West Side zoning changes pushed by Ald. Isaac Carothers (29th), amid questions about Carothers' relationship with a Chicago developer who made secret recordings as an FBI mole.
Last year, Carothers' New 29th Ward Campaign Committee got $11,000 in contributions from Morgan Properties Inc., which lists FBI mole John Thomas as "manager."
The contributions came in payments of $9,000, $500 and $1,500, with the last one made on Feb. 23, 2007 -- four days before the aldermanic election, records show.
Last April 9, the committee returned all $11,000, offering no explanation in campaign records except "refund of excess contribution."
Carothers, the powerful chairman of the City Council's Police and Fire Committee, did not return calls seeking comment. He also declined to answer written questions.
Thomas is the Chicago developer-turned-FBI-mole who played a pivotal role in one of the two federal cases involving Tony Rezko, the indicted developer and political fund-raiser who is accused of business fraud and of seeking kickbacks and campaign contributions for Gov. Blagojevich from companies seeking state pension business.
Alderman Burke is also tied to
Tony Rezko.Isn't nice having Aldermen who are tied to Tony Rezko worried about gun control?(Stay tuned to Newsalert,we willing be doing a long post on Alderman Ed Burke's relationship with the Chicago Mob).
