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>>> BRANDIS, AN ERA IN CHICAGO POLITICS COMES TO AN END TODAY AS ALDERMAN CAST HIS FINAL VOTE AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

IT A CAREER WITH A BIT MORE POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE THAN HE WOULD HAVE LIKED.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT ED BURKE'S SWAN SONG.

IN 2019 BURKE RAN CITY HALL WITH AN IRON FIST, AT LEAST THE FINANCE COMMITTEE SAID SO.

HE PICKED UP ON THAT THEME TODAY.

WILL LOOK BACK AT HIS CAREER.

>> I HAVE ATTENDED THE FUNERALS OF 147 POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

96 CHICAGO FIREFIGHTERS WHO ALSO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

>> HOW WILL HE BE REMEMBERED?

>> HE WANTS TO BE REMEMBERED AS ONE OF CHICAGO'S GREAT STATESMEN.

SOMEBODY WHO WILL THE POWER FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHICAGOANS AND THE INSTITUTIONS THAT MAKE UP THE CITY.

HIS RECORD COMPLICATES THAT ISSUE, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH HE WAS ELECTED IN 1959 BEFORE THE MOON LANDING, HE WIELDED THAT POWER IN THE 1980s TO THWART CHICAGO'S FIRST BLACK MAYOR HAROLD WASHINGTON , AND THAT IS AT THE CENTER OF HIS LEGACY EVEN THOUGH HE SERVED FOR DECADES AFTER WASHINGTON'S DEATH.

>> THAT IS A BIG PART OF HIS LEGACY.

HE SAID HE DIDN'T THINK HE WOULD ADDRESS HIS COLLEAGUES, BUT WHEN HE DID SPEAK HIS COLLEAGUES PAID ONE TRIBUTE TO HIM.

LET'S HEAR ALL THAT THEY HAD TO SAY.

>> DON'T LET THIS JOB KILL YOU.

WHETHER IT IS THE BALLOT BOX, PINE BOX OR THE JURY BOX.

DON'T LET IT TAKE YOU OUT.

>> THIS IS IRVIN RECOUNTING ADVICE THAT.

HAD GIVEN HIM.

WHAT DOES THIS SAY?

>> HE REALLY USED THAT INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO MENTOR OLDER PEOPLE APPOINTED IN 2011 BY FORMER MAYOR RICHARD DALEY.

NOT ONLY DID HE TEACH THEM HOW THE CITY COUNCIL OPERATES, BUT HE CAME BEARING CHECKS.

HE USED HIS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CAMPAIGN CASH TO HELP OLDER PEOPLE JUST GETTING STARTED IN THEIR POLITICAL CAREER.

WE HEARD TIME AND AGAIN FROM PEOPLE ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM THAT THEY WERE GRATEFUL FOR THAT MENTORSHIP DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE IS FACING 14 COUNTS OF CORRUPTION.

>> DESPITE THE WARMTH AND GOOD FEELINGS, IT DID SEEM LIKE HE ADDRESS THAT A LITTLE BIT.

>> IN POLITICS THERE ARE NO PERMANENT ENTITIES.

NO PERMANENT FRIENDS.

ONLY PERMANENT INTERESTS.

IF I HAVE FAILED DURING THESE PAST 54 YEARS IN ACHIEVING THAT GOAL, PLEASE PERMIT ME TO APOLOGIZE.

>> HE IS USE THOSE WORDS MANY TIMES BEFORE.

HE ALSO SAID HE WOULD BE LEAVING THE JURY BOX FOR THE PINE BOX IN THE BALLOT BOX.

>> HE IS SET TO GO ON TRIAL ON NOVEMBER 6th, JUST A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW, AND IT WILL BE UP TO THAT JURY TO DECIDE WHAT HIS LEGACY IN CHICAGO POLITICS