14th Ward Chicago Alderman Ed Burke is being both praised and criticized for his 54-year legacy on the Chicago City Council.
Burke left his Gage Park home Tuesday morning, one day after the deadline passed to file petitions to run again for 14th Ward alderman."It's an icon leaving city hall," said Ald. Ariel Reboyras, who is retiring from the 30th Ward post he has held for two decades. "Figure he's been around for a long time, knows the ins and outs, it's like losing a set of encyclopedias with the knowledge Alderman Burke has.
"I think it's great if we get him out of there. I also think he would have lost this time, and I think he might be smart enough not to want to suffer that humiliation," said David Orr, former alderman and Cook County Clerk. "Well the thing about Ed Burke, he's probably kind of the best example of the worst of the Democratic Machine," Orr said.
"For him to say, you know, he made a mistake in opposing Mayor Washington and if he had to do it over again he wouldn't have done it," Grimshaw said.
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