Is Powerful Chicago Alderman Burke Covering Up the Big Parking Meter Deal?

Alderman Burke is Chicago's most powerful Alderman. Now, The Chicago Reader is asking questions about Chicago's shifty parking meter deal:

Just curious: Do you think Ed Burke would perform any of the legal work he does on the side—you know, like property tax appeal work—on the promise of being paid later?

I’m told he can be generous with his friends.

OK, if there were no conflicts of interest, how exactly was it determined that Morgan Stanley submitted the winning bid?

We don’t know.

Why not?

William Blair put together an agenda for the bid-opening meeting, but the copy of it that the Reader obtained under the Freedom of Information Act was blacked out, so you can’t see who was there or what was said.

You'll want to read the whole article. Here's Alderman Burke's 2008 ethics form. Here's Burke's 2009 ethics form. Will Alderman Burke add William Blair and Morgan Stanley to his property tax appeals business in the coming years? For a look at Alderman Burke's presence at the Chicago Mob's First Ward dining table at Counsellors Row restaurant.