Flashback 2000: Powerful Chicago Alderman Ed Burke Praises Organized Crime Associate Ed Hanley

Flashback Chicago Mob linked Alderman Ed Burke praises organized crime associate and union leader Ed Hanley:

"His rise from humble beginnings on Chicago's West Side to leadership in the union representing the hotel and restaurant workers of the nation is the stuff of legend," Ald. Ed Burke (14th) said. Burke singled out Mr. Hanley's charitable efforts on behalf of the Archdiocese of Chicago and Maryville Academy in Des Plaines. Mr. Hanley was Maryville's man of the year in 1991.

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