(Illinois) Comptroller's office knew about Burr Oak remains in 2003

[Robbien]

Source: ABC local news

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A five-page memo, marked confidential and obtained by the I-Team, reveals that Burr Oak's chief executive, Slivy Cotton, feared in 2003 that there was a grave selling plot underway.

According to her memo, workers had "discovered bones" and "human remains" and claimed "former owners routinely buried over or cleared out old graves for new business. The memo states executives feared that "old remains were dumped" in a back lot.

Shortly after Ms. Cotton wrote and distributed that memo to company insiders in 2003, she met with a top cemetery official in Comptroller Dan Hynes' office. On Friday, Mr. Hynes confirmed there had been such a meeting in 2003.

. . .

According to the memo, it was a situation Hynes' top cemetery official wrote, "sounds complicated, may have some legal implications and needs follow-up and discussion."

On Friday, though, Comptroller Hynes said policing burial grounds isn't his job.

"Our office doesn't have a role. We audit the books of cemeteries," said Hynes.


Read more: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/iteam&id=7246921

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Hynes is now running for Governor of Illinois

[Jim Sagle]

1. Vote Quinn and avoid this problem.

[frazzled]

2. Definitely vote Quinn

But Hynes is ahead in the latest polls.
The anti-incumbency fever is alive and well even within Democratic politics.

[madrchsod]

3. i do`t like any of the candidates

looks like i`ll be staying home this primary.living in republican hell there`s no democrats running for local offices. i suppose i could vote republican but then i`d have those guys hitting me up for money.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

5. I did vote Republican

to vote against Ethan Hastert and I dont like any of the Dem candidates either.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

4. The Harold Washington ad has to be hurting Quinn

but this may be an issue this close to the election.