Chicago will start annexing suburbs again in 10-20 years as they begin to fall to the same issues that plagued Chicago in the second half of the 20th century. The depreciation cycle in these burbs is heavily synced and a lot of places are getting old and shitty quickly. Turns out not that many people want a 1950's or 60's ranch home that hasn't been updated in 50 years and is loaded with asbestos. At some point certain suburbs will pass the point of no return where they essentially collapse like many Chicago neighborhoods did post-war. However, they will be unable to ever see good times again without a larger municipality to carry they until things can be fixed as Chicago has carried it's South and West sides. I don't see a way out for a place like Maywood or some of the south burbs once they go ghetto. The only way to get additional resources will be annexation on Chicago which is much the same reasoning why so many burbs were annexing around the turn of the century. Chicago offered transit and financial resources those burbs needed to transform from pseudo farming communities to actual developed areas. Same will happen in a couple of decades once Chicago has cleared out more of its inventory of downtrodden neighborhoods and offers resources and expertise to adjoining burbs that are down on their luck.
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Sources: Federal agents raid powerful Chicago Ald. Ed Burke's City Hall office
Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...129-story.html
Federal agents raided the City Hall office of longtime powerful Chicago Ald. Ed Burke Thursday morning, sources familiar with the development confirmed.
Agents arrived at the office early Thursday morning, told employees to leave and papered over the glass windows at the office’s entrance to conceal the investigation going on inside, a source confirmed. A woman who left the office and did not identify herself said FBI agents were inside.
Burke’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Burke is the longtime chairman of the City Council’s Finance Committee, where he controls much of the legislative purse strings at City Hall. He has held office since 1969 and is running for re-election to a record 14th term.
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Go directly to Jail, do not pass Go, do not collect $200...
Excellent news, maybe the Feds are about to show up and clean up these alderman now that Aldermanic Perogative and it's abuse has moved into the public spotlight. If Burke goes down you can bet your ass a bunch of lower alderbeasties will bite the bullet as well. He is basically the last remaining center of the clout machine in City Hall and all things clout go through him. I can't imagine what goodies the Feds might find in that office. I know for sure that several alderman like Moreno who are known for abusing their power learned it from Burke and are likely tied to him in enough ways to get their own offices raided after this...