Current, former Chicago City Council colleagues call Burke conviction 'sad' and 'a tragedy'

There’s affection and respect for the man who mentored far more colleagues than he bullied during his record 54-year reign. Ald. Ray Lopez said Burke’s “fingerprints are on so much of what is Chicago. To have this as the final act of a remarkable career is a tragedy.”

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