This Seems Familiar
We've heard this woman's name before. We just can't remember where. Any help would be appreciated.
- The Illinois Supreme Court announced Wednesday that Appellate Justice Anne Burke has been appointed to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Mary Ann McMorrow, the first woman to serve on the court.
Damn, this is going to bug us all night now. And the incestuous Illinois political dance continues.
posted by SCC at 11:42 AM
91 Comments:
1st for the 1st time!!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/06/mckinney/index.html
Mckinney apologizes for her actions.....time to bring that statement to the grand Jury!!!!!!!!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/06/mckinney/index.html
Sorry the link didnt look right one post up.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/06/mckinney/ index.html
just put it all together
Who's your phone call kid?
You mean.................It is all "who you know"????????
Damn, and I thought that everything was legit!!!
"Kid it's who ya know or who you blow!" Chicago Ain't ready for reform........
Mrs. Eddie Burke.. Think we have a chance at winning the residency issue now?
Crimefile has an interesting story about a fired cop going to jail. He could have gotten what he wanted in a legal way but just did not know it.
http://crimefilenews.blogspot.com/2006/04/13-year-veteran-cop-facing-jail.html
THATS NOT AN APOLOGY !!!!
It's a "i said the word sorry in a sentence" Sorry i fucked up.
"I am sorry that this misunderstanding happened at all, and I regret its escalation and I apologize,"
WE ARE TELLING YOU FIRST---if you want a laugh ya gotta go see the earlier post this month--WHAT ARE WE PSYHIC? on scc. its about the coyotes, and possums and a dude on or off his medication. Had us laughing this morning and still chuckling. NOW THAT WE GOT THAT OUT OF THE WAY,what is wrong with a women on the bench? possible eye candy when your waiting for your case. LOL
I'll vouge for 1"23p.m. post..that column was funny as all hell....sounded like my F.T.O. in the old days.
Might you be alluding to her name being in a book written by Cooley?
If you have less than 5 years on this job.... SAVE YOURSELF..LEAVE!!!!
Just saw an ad in American Police Beat Magazine (on-line) that Ft. Lauderdale is hiring. The pay is comparable to ours, the women and weather are both hotter and you get an 81% pension at 23.9 years!(Probably because their union doesn't let the mayor wet his beak in their pension)
And there is no way in hell that the corruption down there can be any worse than we have.
When Ann Burke, was a Practicing attorney in Chicago She either Plea barganed you out or there was fix.
Anne Burke was in Cooley's book. Unbelievable.
(That was an excellent read)
Bob Cooley and I were roommates at Marquette University, Milwaukee.
I highly recommend his book:
WHEN CORRUPTION WAS KING: How I Helped the Mob Rule Chicago, Then Brought the Outfit Down
Bobby! Where are you when we need you? NOW!
Bobby threw the best keggers on campus, even on weeknights. UW-Madison couldn't touch Cooley for partying. His huge apartment was Milwaukee's Party Central.
TOGA! TOGA! TOGA!
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You're kidding? That's ironic. That book was great, because of the way he wrote it and he was very upfront, even if it maked him look like garbage. After I read it, I made I checked to see if his grandpa's name was on the memorial wall (it is).
The end of the book was equally good. His comment how Operation Gambut/Greylord only SKIMMED the top of the corruption when he wanted to nab so many more w/the wire ...
I'll be back, Johnny!
Thanks for the plug. Hold down the fort!
Is there anyone I don't know?
Well, the Congresswoman is now saying.....Oh I am sorry. Do you think she thought about the Federal Grand Jury about to issue a felony indictment and was told you better look sorry? Kinda like when duke gives you the "HuH" response till you give him a good bitch slap then goes... oh you the real police... sorry
pyschic column is one of the funniest writings in a long time !
F*CKING PUTZ ! LOLOLOLOL
WHO'S TALKING ABOUT F*CKING POSSUMS?! LOL ! still kills me !
Is that really Robert Cooley? We wrote about him in our 8th ever post way back in June of last year. If it is in fact Bob Cooley, he would be among the top 3 most famous people to read this blog, the others being Mark Brown of the Sun Times and the next being Fran Spielman.
Hey, Bob!
We just missed you by an hour on the French Riviera when you flew out of Nice Airport. We heard you had a real blast in Munich with the frauleins at last Oktoberfest! Word has it that you're now in Amsterdam or Copenhagen. Don't be a stranger.
Come on back to Sweet Home Chicago. All is forgiven.
D'Arco says hello.
Bob, come back to visit. There will be plenty of protection available for you. We need you to throw a party. And, oh yes, tell us the other names of those you wanted to bring down.
- The Cooley fanclub
REFORM has finally come to Illinois and Chicago! God bless Supreme Court Judge Anne Burke and my old partner, Eddie!
It's all on the legit now!
My Area Two Gun team soulmates need to watch the half hour video by Penn & Teller on GUN CONTROL.
It’s here: http://crimefilenews.blogspot.com/2006/04/penn-teller-weigh-in-on-gun-control.html
GOOD GUYS 3,317 to 62
NEPOTISM - PLAIN AND SIMPLE
jeez lefty, wrong thread.
I'd be interested in hearing what else Bob knows 'bout the Burkes and the 1st Ward
I just got off the phone with the real Bob Cooley. He sends his love to Northside.
I can only give a tease about the party that's going to begin over this appointment.
Ghosts will come to life very quickly!
Hey Crimefile,
doesn't it bother you Cooley was a dirty cop? All that baloney he came forward to do the right thing is a bunch of crap. He was dirt, pure and simply. I know you read his book. He associated with known felons and took money. He's no good and a disgrace to the badge.
You believe all the bullshit that comes out of the media? You can't be that soft. Five it a few days and lets see who's telling what stories. you probably still think Delay is going to be spending time in prison and an indictment equals a conviction.
When I read Robert Cooley's book, yes many aspects of what he did bothered me. Yes, it tarnishes the star. But if you read the book, it shoudl also bother you that he got a shitload of grief for not wanting to take the money that mysertiously appeared on the seat of his squad. When he addressed it with his hireups, they moved him elsewhere.
So, if you want to judge someone, then here is one for you:
My friend's father was a CPD SGT back in the days. He was told that if he wanted to make promotion, to bring $4000 cash to St. Jude's with the name of "someone" there.
Yes, Cooley did rotten things but turned his life around. He put his life on the line and will forever have to look over his back.
Therefore I have respect for him.
There are many out here that play the good ole boy/girl, but behind the curtains are rotten to the core.
They would never have the brass balls to do what he did.
And we talked about some old times
And we drank ouselves some beers
Still crazy after all these years
STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
THE COOLEY REDEMPTION
Your sainted Irish Dad is proud of you, Bobby!
COOLEY, YOU ARE DA MAN.
"Hey Crimefile,
doesn't it bother you Cooley was a dirty cop? All that baloney he came forward to do the right thing is a bunch of crap. He was dirt, pure and simply. I know you read his book. He associated with known felons and took money. He's no good and a disgrace to the badge."
My comment here...
Bob came from the old school where way too many guys with the star were whores. He got caught up in a mess and did the right thing.
Although I've seen him on the job and knew of him I never worked with or met him until just a couple of months ago. Bob is a friend of some really fine cops that I know well. He's been up front and honest with me.
I will give him a lot of credit for the good things he's done that we hope will outweigh the bad.
"Where's our end?"
One of the best policemen I ever met spent two years in the federal pen, Dead now but there was none better. I led his funeral from the 010th district to Niles. I would never be ashamed to call the man my friend. His name is on the wall at the academy having won the Lambert tree. As far as the prison thing, EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES, EVEN MONKEY'S FALL OUT OF TREES!!!
NAME WAS BOB DEVITT.
SOME THINGS ON THIS JOB CAN'T BE FORGIVEN, " DEALING DOPE, ROBBERY AND THE SUCH BUT THIRTY YEARS AGO TAKING MONEY ON A TAVERN SHOOTING WAS PRETTY MUCH AN EXCEPTED THING. (so i hear)
I BET BOB DEVITT WAS A TRUE FRIEND AS WELL, AND WOULD BE THERE FOR YOU THROUGH TIK AND THIN, UNLIKE OTHERS WHO WOULD NOT
4/06/2006 09:44:41 PM said,
"I will give him a lot of credit for the good things he's done that we hope will outweigh the bad."
That's like a rapist saying, "Well at least I didn't kill anyone."
10:21 is a total moron if the guy broke the law he is a bustout dirt bag. why dont you lead Hanharts funneral when they cart him out of the federal pen
Aside from throwing the best keggers at Marquette, Cooley was always full of mischief. He and his best friend from Mt. Carmel H.S. came up to MU on wrestling scholarships. A third member of this mischievous trio was named Jefferson, aka "Big Jeff".
Two true stories:
One weeknight at about 3 AM, the trio broke into a bldg. where the professors' offices were located to steal an upcoming test. All of a sudden, the cleaning lady appears. Two bolt and run while "Big Jeff" hides in a closet. The maid opens the closet door and finds "Big Jeff" frozen until he also bolts out of the bldg. as she screams like a banshee. Later, the maid could only describe "Big Jeff".
On another occasion, "Big Jeff" goes into a campus deli and deliberately loiters, looks around and acts suspicious. A minute or two later, Cooley and the other guy enter in their huge trenchcoats and pocket half the food in the store. The clerk's eyes remain riveted on "Big Jeff", oblivious of the other two.
Oh, by the way, Jeff was a 6-10, 260 pound brother from Selma, Alabama on a hoops scholarship. He was as gentle as a lamb but he sure looked intimidating to say the least. A sweet guy with the face of a serial killer.
Never a dull moment with Bobby!
Bob Cooley, Hot Pocket and Twinkies thief!!!! Hahhahaaa
Try sirloin and lobstertails.
Gee, I made it thru high school and college without ever shoplifting or committing a burglary. Screw him, he is a dog.
(Applause) Good for you! Way to go!
MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE YOUR MOMMY AND DADDY ALSO WIPED YOUR ASS TOO.
The maid had to be so terrified, Jeff was lucky she didn't have a heart attack. All she could see was a pair of eyeballs looking down at her from the top of the dark closet. LMAO!
Hey northside those are sweat memories that maybe you should keep to yourself. I could see if you were talking about grammar school pranks and mischief, but college age kids committing burglary and theft. Sounds like every other thug on the street. I can't believe your bragging about this shit.
snethen will you please come back to 8? the fat guy misses you
11:59 PM
The post has Cooley's blessing. Just trying to share some laughs if you call that "bragging".
I was not even involved. The Wisconsin statute of limitations probably expired before you were born. Cooley and I still laugh about other hysterical episodes which will not appear on this blog.
Forgive me for offending your fragile sensibilities. Some might say "Lighten up!"
"snethen will you please come back to 8? the fat guy misses you"
...and believe it or not, so does the whiner.
waaaaa waaaaa waaaaa
I'm not saying Cooley was a Saint nor do I condone anything he did, but remember this. The Feds didn't have anything on him. He came forward on his own. That takes brass balls lads! He didn't roll over on grandma's bingo game either these were "The Boys" Especially in this day and age of hired truck scandal, operation safe road etc. Wher you have every thief and their whores rolling over on each other. When reading the book keep everything in perspective the time, the way things worked etc.You suburban kids who are on the job try to remember people who grew up in Chicago didn't have Mommy and Daddy there to wipe our ass, sometimes we had to fight for the toilet and steal the TP just so we could wipe our ass.
When somebody came into the tenth district to complain on a copper Bob Devitt would grab him by his belt and neck and throw him out of the district. You educated guy's can say whatever you want about the police, just make sure you were the police. I don't agree with the police breaking any law, you have to live thru the time. You guy's talk shit about race both black and white. I wouldn't go to war with any of you, there's no race we are the human race. Now I'm gonna brace myself for the big barage of how much better you are than the other. Don't waste your time.
He was told that if he wanted to make promotion, to bring $4000 cash to St. Jude's with the name of "someone" there.
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That's all??? Shit. I'd do that! I aint no State's Atty's kid....
I'm sorry I said anything on here you guy's go ahead and carry the ball like the veterans you are!
2:41:35 did you really call me "kid"?
Just for 1035:46 I want you to know that I don't think you are a thief, even if you stole time for lunch personell or went down just because you are afraid of the job. I really like you perfect college guy's, never do any wrong!
sorry thats 2:41:35
at the end of his book, he mentions how he wanted to wear a wire on him. but he could not, he was hidden away. he tells the feds about this judge, but no action.
later on he gets a call saying how a new replacement (fed) calls him and says we lost the phone number on the judge, do you have it? what was that all about? a teflon judge?
Snethen is a good guy and a good boss, but all this self righteous bullshit is too much. A criminal is a criminal, just because he came on the job before 1985 doesn't exempt him from the law or the moral code. Did it really take huge "balls" to be a cowboy when you could pretty much get away with everything you did? By the way, I grew up in the city and had toilet paper. Is that unusual? All this "I grew up on the mean streets,college boy!" shit makes you look like ridiculous, insecure dinosaurs,
Anonymous said...
at the end of his book, he mentions how he wanted to wear a wire on him. but he could not, he was hidden away. he tells the feds about this judge, but no action.
later on he gets a call saying how a new replacement (fed) calls him and says we lost the phone number on the judge, do you have it? what was that all about? a teflon judge?
4/07/2006 07:50:52 AM
How about you try again, but this time in ENGLISH!?
An EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATE can write better than this bullshit...You don't need a COLLEGE DEGREE to make sense.
-burp- kiss my weiner. does that make sense now
yeah 4,000.00 is a deal......but, adjust that for inflation and u are closer to 12,000.00.
find an envelope big enough for that!
I believe Devitt came on the job in 1955. cowboy
I remember Bob Devitt as a kid growing up on the West Side. Quite a policeman. However, he held the record for having the longest visible nostril hairs--at least an inch (down to his upper lip). I wouldn't dare say it to him. Still, whenever I saw him, I'd think "GET A SCISSORS, SIR".
A "neat freak" he was not. One hell of a copper though.
Everyone read When corrution was King, Cooley went to then US Attorney Anton Valukas, and told him about Fix cases both Eddie and Burke were involved with, GUESS WHAT VALUKAS DID NOTHING, WHATS UP WITH THAT?
Bob Devitt rest in peace you were one of the BEST.There were lot of boss's who owed their jobs to Bob.
Anybody else remember Devitt wearing a nametag that said "pure" ?
11:36 AM
If true, that would not have been the only time that Valukas neglected to take action. I gave him full documentation of the corruption of EXAMSCAM on a silver platter.
In addition, he had an FBI 302 in an unrelated corruption case in which one of the newly promoted lieutenants confessed to paying off a certain alderman for his promotion. Without the bogus "oral interview", this lieutenant would have had one of the worst legit scores imaginable.
The newly-elected Richard M. Daley and Peter Karl swept it under the rug also.
To this day, the incontrovertible "smoking gun" evidence still exists.
The $4000 was back in the 1940's. A lot of money for a man with family.
It was supposed to be given to a priest at St. Jude's.
Hey, Northside!
Where's Bob Cooley these days? We just wanted to drop in and say hello.
Beats me, guys. I haven't seen him since his Barnes & Noble book signing last year.
For a while, he was living (well) in a chateau in the Vaucluse or somewhere in the South of France.
It's a safe bet that he's spending his time somewhere between here and Perth, Western Australia. If I hear from him, I'll tell him you said "hello".
Bob Cooley.... sure hope you still don't wear those polyester shirts and chains from the days ;O
Q: What is the most distant major city in the world from Chicago (or anywhere in the contiguous 48 states)?
A: PERTH, Western Australia, is literally on the other side of the planet, nearly 12,000 miles away.
Cooley is with US, digging up mummies...
Excuse me Mr. Northside,
Your comment that the statute of limitations in Wisconsin expired years ago is quite possibly incorrect,
Statute of limitations only apply for Wisconsin residents, for the period of their residence in Wisconsin,
If you do not believe me, go ask the Catholic priest convicfted of molesting boys in Fontana, over 30 years ago,
No statute of limitations, father was not a Wisconsin resident.
Thanks.
If I hear from Cooley, I'll try to convince him into surrendering and waiving extradition from wherever he might be.
You're at the top of your game.
John,
I'll never forgive you for ratting me out.
I'll roll over on my accomplices if I can cut a deal with the Milwaukee County D.A.
Before I surrender, I'll have to move on since I'm currently abroad in a nation with no extradition treaty with the USA.
Regards to Vito, Carmine and the Taylor Street crew. See you in Rio for Carnival next year. I'll be on Ipanema Beach wearing a kelly green thong with a couple of young ladies, sipping my pina colada with a tiny umbrella in it.
"The Mole"
Your correct about the coverups Northside. The Alderman Was Bill Henry, 24th Ward, he was selling sgt stripes and Lt Bars, Supt. Fred Rice and 1st Deputy Bob Williams were involved NOTHING WAS DONE.
My favorite animal is the beaver. I just love BEAVERS.
to 7:40 Pm Williams was never the lst Deputy during Rice's regime, I wonder how much else of your post is bs.
Hey Northside,
Were you really a sgt. or is that what your psy dr. told you?
Hey Johnny Boy, we"re our here in 11 and everyone seems to remember you.
NOT!!!
Among those who appointed Anne Burke to the Supreme Court was current Justice Charles Freeman, the same guy who was alleged to have taken a large sum of cash to appoint another lawyer to the bench.
HOPE YOU COME OUT WITH A MOVIE, BOBBY. KEEP PUSHIN TO GET YOUR WORD OUT
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