Chicago Alderman Ed Burke's Relationship With Indicted Power Broker William Cellini

Steve Rhodes reminds us of some important information on recently indicted power broker William Cellini by quoting an old news article:

"[Burke's] law firm gets real estate tax work from another Cellini business, Commonwealth Realty Advisers, which advises the state teachers pension fund . . . Burke also bought 5,000 shares in Cellini's riverboat company, Argosy Gaming, when it went public in 1993.

"Burke shares office space with the law firm of Earl Deutsch, another Democrat and Cellini's partner in Commonwealth. While Cellini was raising money for Republican Gov. Edgar's re-election in 1994, Deutsch was one of the major donors for Roland Burris, a Democrat who lost his primary bid for the governor's seat."

It gets better.

"Cellini is also a close friend and business associate of Victor Cacciatore's. Cacciatore is a Chicago lawyer and entrepreneur, whose Elgin Sweeping Services Inc. got its first state contract when Cellini headed the Illinois Transportation Department.

This is the same Alderman Ed Burke who tried to cut Tony Rezko's taxes.Guess who was one of Victor Cacciatore's first legal clients? None other than Alderman Roti.