The Chicago Daily Observer reports on Chicago Mob linked
Alderman Ed Burke and his son :
Here’s a tricky multiple-choice question: Who will be the next county sheriff?
(a) Tom Dart; (b) Ted Palka; (c) Sylvester Baker; (d) Bill Evans; (e) Ed Burke Jr.; or (f) Chuck Norris.
There's more:
Ed Burke Jr. will be sheriff sometime soon. The son of 48-year Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, the council’s Finance committee chairman, and Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke, young Burke is one of the sheriff’s 210 “exempt” hires, out of 6,640 employees. Non-exempts are hired through civil service exams, not political clout. Burke is presently an assistant chief deputy sheriff, in charge of child support enforcement, earning $85,667. His dad has $8.2 million in his campaign account – more than enough to spend (or is it buy?) sonny’s way into the sheriff’s job.
Separation of powers be damned , in Illinois.
