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YESTERDAY FORMER CHICAGO ALDERMAN ED BURKE WAS SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS IN PRISON AND FINED 2 MILLION DOLLARS AFTER BEING CONVICTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES.

HE JOINS DOZENS OF PREVIOUS.

ALL THE PEOPLE WHO'VE ALSO ENDED UP IN PRISON.

CERTAINLY NOT ALL ALL THE PEOPLE ARE CROOKS, BUT JUST WHAT DOES AN ALDERPERSON DO?

SHARON TELLS US IN THE LATEST EDITION OF WT TW NEWS EXPLAINS.

EVERY 4 YEARS.

RESIDENTS OF CHICAGO'S 50 WARDS PICK THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ON THE CITY COUNCIL OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS OLDER PEOPLE.

THEY ARE BETWEEN 115 AND $150,000 A YEAR, NOT TOO SHABBY FOR A JOB THAT COMES WITH INSTANT SAYING AND ALLOWS FOR NEARLY UNLIMITED SIDE BUT WHAT EXACTLY DOES AN ALDERPERSON DO?

THEIR OFFICIAL JOB CAN BE DIVIDED INTO 2 BIG BUCKETS, CITYWIDE DUTIES AND WARD SERVICES.

YOUR OLDER PERSON WHO WORKS WITH THEIR 49 COLLEAGUES TO SET POLICY ON BIG CITYWIDE ISSUES SAFETY, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION.

THEY ALSO DECIDE WHETHER TO RAISE OR LOWER TAXES AND HOW TO SPEND THOSE BOX BY PASSING A BUDGET WHICH THEY NEGOTIATE.

THE MAYOR WHO A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE PRESIDES OVER ITS MEETINGS.

THE MAYOR GETS TO PICK WHO SERVES AS CHAIRS.

THE CITY COUNCIL'S NEARLY 2 DOZEN COMMITTEES.

THOSE OLDER PEOPLE HAVE REAL POWER GETS DECIDE WHICH ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS GET A PIECE OF THE CITY HALL SPOTLIGHT AND STAND A CHANCE OF BECOMING LAW.

LIVE OUTSIDE CITY HALL CAN BE MUCH LESS GLAMOROUS.

OTHER PEOPLE ARE IN CHARGE OF PROVIDING DIRECT CITY SERVICES NEARLY 50,000 PEOPLE IN THEIR THAT'S A SOUTH.

THE POPULATION OF THE WELL SIZE SUBURBS.

AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, THOSE 50,000 CHICAGOANS WANT THAT POTHOLE FILLED NOW AND A NEW GARBAGE CART NOW AND THEY WANT THAT TREE IN THE PARKWAY NOW GUESSED NOW, BUT IN RETURN FOR DEALING WITH THE NITTY GRITTY DETAILS OF CITY GOVERNMENT.

OLDER PEOPLE ARE FREE TO FUNCTION LIKE MANY MAYORS OF THEIR SMALL PART OF THE CITY AND ARE DECADES OLD TRADITION KNOWN AS ALDERMAN RIGHT, FUELED BY THE DIFFERENT TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

EACH ALL THE PERSON GETS TO DECIDE MUCH OF WHAT SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN THEIR WARD.

THAT MEANS IF, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU WANT NEED A SUPER NICE SPECIALTY CAPPING YOU BEST.

GET THE THE PERSON ON BOARD BEFORE YOU SLEPT.

THE FIRST PUT PAINT ON THE WALLS.

WELL, MANY OLDER PEOPLE ARE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS.

MORE THAN US US LEFT THAT NEARLY UNCHECKED POWER GO TO THEIR HEADS AND ENDED UP BECOMING THE MANY MAYOR OF THE MUCH SMALLER PIECE OF REAL ESTATE, A PRISON AND IF YOU THINK IT'S HARD TO GET THAT PART ROLE THAT PERSON'S BUSY SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

YOU'LL FIND THAT IT'S A LOT HARDER