| Burris, Roland & Berlean 8358 South Indiana Avenue Chicago, IL 60619 Occupation: Corporate Officer Employer: Burris & Lebed |
$1,000.00 6/9/2004 |
Individual Contribution Friends of Blagojevich |
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| Burris, Roland & Berlean 8358 South Indiana Avenue Chicago, IL 60619 Occupation: Corporate Officer Employer: Burris & Lebed |
$1,000.00 6/13/2005 |
Individual Contribution Friends of Blagojevich |
| Burris, Roland 8358 S. Indiana Ave Chicago, IL 60619 Occupation: Corp. Officer Employer: Burris and Lebed |
$1,500.00 10/22/2007 |
Individual Contribution Friends of Blagojevich |
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| Burris, Roland 8358 S. Indiana Ave Chicago, IL 60619 Occupation: Corp. Officer Employer: Burris and Lebed |
$1,000.00 6/27/2008 |
Individual Contribution Friends of Blagojevich |
| Burris & Lebed Consulting LLC 1130 South Wabash Chicago, IL 60605 |
$500.00 8/14/2002 |
Individual Contribution Friends of Blagojevich |
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| Burris & Lebed Consulting LLC 1130 South Wabash Chicago, IL 60605 |
$500.00 10/3/2002 |
Individual Contribution Friends of Blagojevich |
| Burris & Lebed Consulting LLC 1130 South Wabash Chicago, IL 60605 |
$1,500.00 6/9/2004 |
Individual Contribution Friends of Blagojevich |
| Burris & Lebed Consulting LLC 1130 South Wabash Chicago, IL 60605 |
$1,500.00 6/13/2005 |
Individual Contribution Friends of Blagojevich |
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| Burris & Lebed Consulting LLC 1130 South Wabash Chicago, IL 60605 |
$1,000.00 7/25/2003 |
Individual Contribution Friends of Blagojevich |
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| Burris & Lebed Consulting LLC 35 East Wacker Drive Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60601 |
$97.50 3/14/2006 |
In-Kind Contribution Friends of Blagojevich |
Postage | USPS | 3750 North Kedzie Chicago, IL 60618 |
| Burris & Lebed Consulting LLC 35 East Wacker Drive Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60601 |
$713.44 3/14/2006 |
In-Kind Contribution Friends of Blagojevich |
Printing | Consolidated Printing Co. Inc. | P.O. Box 31005 Chicago, IL 606312664 |
| Burris & Lebed Consulting LLC 35 East Wacker Drive Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60601 |
$75.00 3/14/2006 |
In-Kind Contribution Friends of Blagojevich |
Cleaning Services | Calhoun, Anita | 10113 South Beverly Chicago, IL 60643 |
| Burris & Lebed Consulting LLC 35 East Wacker Drive Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60601 |
$910.29 3/14/2006 |
In-Kind Contribution Friends of Blagojevich |
Meals & Ent. For Supp Contr & Stf | Melon Express | 7108 Oglesby Ave Chicago, IL 60649 |
| Burris & Lebed Consulting LLC 35 East Wacker Drive Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60601 |
$2,500.00 3/13/2006 |
Individual Contribution Friends of Blagojevich |
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| Burris & Lebed Consulting LLC 35 East Wacker Drive Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60601 |
$1,500.00 3/13/2006 |
Individual Contribution Friends of Blagojevich |
This doesn’t include his law firm’s donations or those made by his previous law firm. The above is around $16,000 to Blagojevich personally and through his lobbying firm.
Contracts from State Government:
STATE CONTRACT ANALYSIS
BURRIS & LEBED CONSULTING LLC |
| All contracts since FY 2003 in descending order. |
| Agency | Contract | Amount | |
BURRIS & LEBED CONSULTING LLC / FY 2006
| TRANSPORTATION | 494 / 6000AB05005 | $233,933.74 |
| BURRIS & LEBED CONSULTING LLC | 35 E WACKER DR STE 500 CHICAGO , IL, 60601 |
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BURRIS & LEBED CONSULTING LLC / FY 2005
| TRANSPORTATION | 494 / 5000AB05005 | $299,000.00 |
| BURRIS & LEBED CONSULTING LLC | 35 E WACKER DR STE 500 CHICAGO , IL, 60601 |
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| TRANSPORTATION | 494 / 5000AB04209 | $23,501.12 |
| BURRIS & LEBED CONSULTING LLC | 35 E WACKER DR STE 500 CHICAGO , IL, 60601 |
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BURRIS & LEBED CONSULTING LLC / FY 2004
| TRANSPORTATION | 494 / 4000AB04209 | $149,000.00 |
| BURRIS & LEBED CONSULTING LLC | 35 E WACKER DR CHICAGO , IL, 60601 |
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Reform and Renewal part 493,034,302,322
Or how not to make people feel good about government.
$705,434 in state contracts received.
With all apologies and credit to Rich for the title.
Oops! Thanks for doing the adding, by the way!
We also need to thank all those who have worked to get these records online and in a searchable format so that this kind of information can come to light. I am guessing that the state contract information came from the “Open Book” feature that Comptroller Dan Hynes created in 2007? If am am right about that then a big thank you to Dan Hynes, not only for this but for being one of the initial architects of the pay-to-play legislation that had Blago in such a tizzy.
[…] By all accounts, Roland Burris is an honest man and probably won’t ever be charged with any wrongdoing. However, the facts surrounding his lobbying firm’s acquisition of $700,000 in state contracts are … […]
Please note Mr. Burris’s business partner, Fred Lebed, sits on the board of the Chicago Christian Industrial League, which hired Mrs. Blagojevich for 100K last year (and then let her go). This timing seems awfully close to the time Mr. Burris mentioned he and his partner (Mr. Lebed) met with the Gov’s staff to discuss getting more business from the state. He was just quoted about that meeting this week. See replay with Carol Marin, WTTW Chicago Tonight, Feb. 16.
The job was exactly the kind of plumb non profit job Blago talked about on tape…