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Podcast: The Fran Spielman Show
Episode: The Fran Spielman Show: Jon Seidel & Tim Novak
Description: Ed Burke, 75, is accused of soliciting the business of two Burger King executives who sought his support for a remodeling job at a franchise in his Southwest Side ward. When the executives declined to retain Burke’s firm to handle their tax work, the clout-heavy alderman allegedly approved a plan to play “hardball” with them.