Tagged: Chicago City Council
GSG Consultants: City contractor chronology
October 19, 2001 – $5,000 campaign contribution to the Hispanic Democratic Organization
February 4, 2002 – Contract with November 1, 2001 start date awarded by the City of Chicago for professional lead-based paint inspection and testing services
May 14, 2002 – Contract awarded by the City of Chicago for environmental assessment and engineering services
January 31, 2003 – $30,421 contract awarded by the Chicago Transit Authority for professional environmental services regarding air monitoring and asbestos abatement projects
February 4, 2003 – $250 campaign contribution to Citizens for Ariel E Reboyras
February 6, 2003 – $250 campaign contribution to Friends of Judy Rice
August 1, 2006 – $2 million contract awarded by the Chicago Housing Authority for environmental consulting services
August 15, 2006 – $2,500 campaign contribution to the 25th Ward Regular Democratic Organization
October 4, 2006 – $1,500 campaign contribution to Friends of George A. Cardenas
October 23, 2006 – $3 million contract awarded by the City of Chicago for various environmental assessment and engineering services
January 11, 2007 – $1,500 campaign contribution to Citizens for [Ricardo] Munoz
January 11, 2007 – $500 campaign contribution to Citizens for Munoz
February 3, 2007 – $500 campaign contribution to Citizens to Re-elect Patrick J. Levar
February 13, 2007 – $1,000 campaign contribution to the 12th Ward Regular Democratic Organization
February 14, 2007 – $1,000 campaign contribution to the Committee to Elect Howard B. Brookins, Jr.
March 12, 2007 – $750,000 contract awarded by the Chicago Department of Aviation for target market airport planning services
November 6, 2007 – $100,000 contract awarded by the Chicago Transit Authority for professional asbestos consulting services
February 4, 2010 – $200 campaign contribution to Citizens to Re-elect Patrick J. Levar
February 16, 2010 – $75,000 contract awarded by the Chicago Housing Authority for recruitment services
July 26, 2010 – $1,000 campaign contribution to Citizens to Re-elect Patrick J. Levar
June 22, 2011 – Contract awarded by the Chicago Department of Water Management for target market professional sewer construction engineering services
July 11, 2011 – $200 campaign contribution to the 33rd Ward Regular Democratic Organization
December 2, 2011 – $1,500 campaign contribution from Guillermo Garcia to Citizens for Patrick O’Connor
December 14, 2011 – $2 million contract renewed by the City of Chicago for various environmental assessment and engineering services
May 23, 2012 – $200 campaign contribution from Guillermo Garcia to Citizens for Patrick O’Connor
July 30, 2012 – Contract renewed by the City of Chicago various environmental assessment and engineering services
October 25, 2012 – $500 campaign contribution from Guillermo Garcia to Citizens for Patrick O’Connor
Ed Burke’s property tax clients
Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, the city council’s finance chairman, is also a partner at Klafter & Burke. The law firm’s property tax clients have included:
11 x 11 LLC
1169 South Plymouth
121 West Chestnut Association
1555 Wabash LLC
1625 Sheridan
1725 West Division Condo
180 North Wacker LLC
230 West Monroe PT LLC
3150 North Lake Shore Drive
321 Partnership
3950 North Lake Shore Drive
401 North Wabash Venture
401 North Wabash Trump
4152 Roosevelt LLC
4201 South Pulaski LLC
4220 Kildare LLC
4401 West 55 LLC
5401 West 47th Street
7035 Properties Inc.
840 North Lake Shore Drive
939 West North Avenue Shops
Abacus Sales
Admiral Heating & Venting
Agolf LLC
Agri Best Foods
Allied Tube & Conduit
Amalgamated Properties
American Dental Association
American Vision Center
Andy’s Fruit Ranch
Aqua at Lakeshore East
Ash LLC
AT&T
Avis Rent-A-Car System
B&D Hotel Corp.
Balmoral Nursing Home
Barbara Jean Wright Courts
Bank of America
Beverly Nursing Home
Birchwood Investments
Blue Condors Club
Blue Horseshoe LLC
Bobak Sausage Co.
Brad’s Tire Inc.
Brandenburg Industrial
Breuer Tornado Corp.
BSG 95th Jeffery
Burnham Terrace Care Center
C&C Milk Company
C.A. Zoes Manufacturing Co.
Cage Memorial Chapels
Cambridge Realty Capital
Capital Wholesale Meats
Catalina Village Town Homes
Centerpoint Properties
Central Plaza Home
Chambers Gasket & Manufacturing Co.
Chase Bank
Chicago Firefighters Credit Union
Chicago Indoor Soccer
Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Union
Chicago Meat Authority
Chicago Patrolmen’s Federal Credit Union
Chicago Sweeteners
Chicagoland Laborers
Churchview Limited Partnership
Cicero Iron Metal & Paper Co.
Cole Taylor Bank
Collision Revision 910
Colonial Village Condo
Columbia Michael Reese
Commonwealth Edison
Community Housing Partnership XI
Concession Services
Consolidated Equities
Container Specialties
Cortina Tool & Molding
Coru 500
Coru 1701
CP Newport Beach 2F
CPN
CVS/pharmacy
deGrazia Development
Delray Farms
Dimension Craft Inc.
Diversey/Clybourn Subs
Dixie Square Mall
Dominick’s
Dora Holdings
East Balt Commissary Inc.
Ed Miniat, Inc.
Englewood Eden Green
Evans Food Products Co.
Fairway Investors LLC
Falakos, Nick
Fifth Third Bank
First Suburban National Bank
Flood Brothers
Franklin Lake Selfpark
GCD Properties
GE Asset Management
General Truck Parts
Glazier Corp. Blue Jay
Gleneagles Country Club
Harpo Studios
Harris Bank
Hart’s Coin Laundry
Haven Properties
Hawthorne Group
HJT Investment LLC
Hoist Liftruck Manufacturing
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
International Union of Operating Engineers
Itex Co.
Jack Freeman Trucking
Jade Lofts Condo Association
Jernberg Industries
Jewel-Osco
JP Morgan Chase Bank
K-Five Construction Co.
Kenny Construction Co.
Kirby Investment Group LLC
Kirk Tire
La Co Industries
LaCoco’s Pizza & Pasta
Lagrange Estates
Lamarche Manufacturing
Lawn Terrace Apartments
LC&F Enterprises
Lexington Homes LLC
Liberty Plaza Shopping
Link Automotive Inc.
Loomis Federal Savings & Loan
M&C Motors
Marquette Bank
MB Real Estate Services
McDonald’s
Medline
Metra Market
Metro Place LLC
Midwest Generation LLC
Mohr Oil Co.
Monarch Asphalt Co.
Murphy’s Transmission
Napleton Northwestern
Napleton Pontiac/Mazda
Napleton, Stephen
Neurosource
New City Group
New Management Ltd.
North Development Ltd.
Northern Trust Co.
Nucare Services Corp.
Oculus Development
Old Orchard Shopping Center
One North Dearborn
One North State
Orange Crush
Oriental Theater
Origin Capital
Palumbo Brothers Inc.
Pioneer Village Apartments
Prairie Material Sales
Preferred Equities LLC
Pulaski Staples
Racconto
Ribbon Webbing
River Forest Town Center
Robbins Community Power
Rush Oak Park Medical
Sall, Dennis
SBC Ameritech
Schulze Burch Biscuit
Seaway National Bank
Sethness Greenleaf Inc.
Sharlen Electric Co.
Sheba Apartments
Shoreham Development
Somer Maca Industries
South Chicago Packing
South Chicago SLF Associates
Southwest Airlines
Southwick One LLC
Stamos, Nick
Standard Bank & Trust
Steve Foley Cadillac
Stevenson Company LLP
Stewart Roofing
Sudler Property Management
Sun Steel Co. LLC
Swap O Rama
Taos Corporation
Terraco Inc.
The Regent
The Taxman Corporation
Tinley Park Condominium Association
Total Sweeteners Inc.
U-Stor-It
Union League Club
United Fence Co.
VCA Berwyn Animal Hospital
VCNA Prairie
Village Launderette
Vogue Tire & Rubber Co.
Vonberg Valve Inc.
Walgreens
Walsh Construction
Wentworth Tire Co.
West Highland Homes
Westside Realty Corp.
Westport Commons Shopping Center
Wheeler Trailer Inc.
Winchester Acquisition
Wintrust Financial Corp.
Wonder Lake Land LLC
Zemsky’s
Real estate company for Daley’s condo generous to Madigan and Burke
Former mayor Richard M. Daley’s Gold Coast condominium is on the market, according to the Chicago Tribune. JMB Realty Corporation has listed the North Michigan Avenue unit at $2.725 million.
The real estate group is located in Chicago’s 42nd Ward, but it has donated prolifically to politicians in the 14th. Campaign funds controlled by Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and Chicago City Council finance chairman Edward Burke have received at least $29,000 from JMB Realty.
| Campaign Fund | Date | Amount |
| 14th Ward Regular Democratic Organization | 07/12/2011 | $1,500 |
| 14th Ward Regular Democratic Organization | 09/28/2010 | $1,500 |
| Democratic Party of the 14th Ward Ad Book Committee | 10/03/2008 | $1,500 |
| Democratic Party of the 14th Ward Ad Book Committee | 09/21/2005 | $1,500 |
| Democratic Party of the 14th Ward Ad Book Committee | 09/15/2004 | $1,500 |
| Friends of Edward M. Burke | 11/17/2009 | $1,500 |
| Friends of Edward M. Burke | 10/28/2008 | $1,500 |
| Friends of Edward M. Burke | 10/31/2007 | $1,500 |
| Friends of Edward M. Burke | 11/15/2005 | $1,500 |
| Friends of Edward M. Burke | 11/18/2004 | $1,500 |
| Friends of Edward M. Burke | 11/06/2003 | $1,500 |
| Friends of Edward M. Burke | 11/08/2002 | $1,500 |
| Friends of Edward M. Burke | 12/14/2001 | $1,500 |
| Friends of Michael J. Madigan | 08/20/1996 | $5,000 |
| The Burnham Committee | 06/25/2009 | $1,500 |
| The Burnham Committee | 05/25/2007 | $1,500 |
| The Burnham Committee | 07/21/2005 | $1,500 |
