Nepotism.
While waiting for the bus this morning, I saw this headline on the cover of the SunTimes: Burris' Son Got State Job From Blago. And, of course, the story doesn't end there. He (the son, Roland W. Burris II. Mini me, anyone?) it seems is embroiled in...what's that you say?...a scandal. No! Something about an apple and a tree?
Junior allegedly didn't pay taxes on his house for a few years, has been issued a tax lein for over $34K and is being foreclosed on. Hmm...and his new job is a lawyer for, you guessed it, the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Only in Chicago.
The best part is that he built this house on land purchased from the city for -- insert drumroll here -- $1. I'm sure if Daddy can hold on to his Senate gig, this might all go away, but I get the sense that the wee peoples of Illinois are getting really tired of this crap. Heads may roll -- and no, this is not racist Bobby Rush, et al., this is gaming the system and it is colorblind and wrong.
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