Heather Cherone: BREAKING: Convicted former Ald. Ed Burke (14th Ward) had his annual city taxpayer-funded pension of more than $96,000 yanked immediately after being sentenced June 24 on federal corruption charges, according to records obtained by WTTW News.

BREAKING: Convicted former Ald. Ed Burke (14th Ward) had his annual city taxpayer-funded pension of more than $96,000 yanked immediately after being sentenced June 24 on federal corruption charges, according to records obtained by WTTW News.

Board Yanked Convicted Ex-Ald. Ed Burke’s $96K Annual City Pensionnews.wttw.com The board of the Municipal Employees’ Annuity & Benefit Fund of Chicago voted at its June meeting to suspend the former alderperson’s pension once he was sentenced on 13 counts of racketeering, attemp...

Cool. Now do judges who get busted and get to retire with full benefits.

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