February 29, 2009
I sure would like to know to where these posts disappear. I had posted on this 2 days ago but can’t find it now.
Roland Burris is under the specter of a nepotism pay-to-play, which is SOP in Chicago, ala Mayor Daley, Todd Stroger and Lisa Madigan.
If barry wants to balance the budget all he has to do is do a background tax check on all politicians and government employees all the way down to state and city awarded contracts.
Roland Burris’ son Roland Burris II, who worked together with his dad at the law firm: Burris, Wright, Slaughter & Tom, was appointed to a blago administration job during the time period his dad was actively seeking barry’s senate seat.
He was given the job of senior counsel for the Illinois Housing Development Authority ($75K/yr), whose main function is to oversee mortgage programs for low-income home buyers and anti-foreclosure initiatives.
Complication being he has a little tax and mortgage problem of his own.
July 2008: Unpaid taxes in 2004, 2005 and 2006 led to a $34,163 lien.
August: He got hit with a foreclosure suit. In July 2006, he bought a house with a $372,000 mortgage and since the has only paid back $3K. Balance due = $406,685.
September 10th he was given the job.
Why nobody figured this out till now is the mystery. His son was brought up in the appointment press conference. What was the Impeachment Committee, Lisa Madigan or Pat Quinn doing?
JIM DURKIN, who did the crappy questioning resulting in Burris’ swearing in:
The fact that Burris II faces foreclosure but is working at a housing-related state agency “reeks of hypocrisy. It’s probably not the area where he [Burris II] should be counseling Illinois citizens on how to stave off foreclosure. I guess it just begs the question: Why was he placed there, and to what extent did Sen. Burris have conversations regarding the placement?
It begs the question: What Cabinet position has Burris II qualified for?
SOURCE: Sun Times’ Chris Fusco, Tim Novak & Dave McKinney
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