It was revealed Friday that Fox News Channel Host Greta Van Susteren producer assisted in the autopsy case : Kathkeen Savio….Wife Of the Bolingbrook, IL Police officer(Drew Peterson) -who is a suspect in the murder of two wives, and on trial for the murder of one wife.
“On Friday Dr. Michael Baden also testified that he thought Savio was murdered based on bruises and injuries she suffered. Baden is a celebrity medical examiner who is a consultant for the Fox News Channel. During cross examination by Peterson’s attorney Joel Brodsky, Baden admitted he had Fox personality Greta Van Susteren’s producer help him move Savio’s body during an autopsy.”-via www.suntimes.com
A Memo on Burr Oak Cemetery was good political cannon fodder in the Illinois Governors Race. At the time of this post the results are not clear in the Governor democratic primary in Illinois . But what is clear is that that the horrible grave scandal At Burr Oak Cemetery and associated memo are a big a factor in the governors race between Pat Quinn and Dan Hynes.
Now it is quite unclear why the Grave Desecrations known about in 2003 were not reported to Law Enforcement by Perpetua and Slivy Edmonds Cotton a Perpetua Manager in Charge of Burr Oak. It is my opinion that Pat Quinn was making something out of nothing in the last days of the campaign with his Burr Oak cemetery attacks on Hynes.
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In The Illinois Governors Race Candidates are fighting over the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal. The scandal has come back to life because of these politicians. They are calling each other incompetent.
But in reality the situation is simply a cover up by the funeral Company Perpetua, and Silvy Cotton, a Burr Oak Cemetery Manager.
“Our office doesn’t have a role. We audit the books of cemeteries,” Hynes told ABC-7. “It’s shameful that the families of Burr Oak have to relive this and see this tragedy politicized because Pat Quinn wants to win an election.”
“I told [ABC reporter Chuck Goudie] we had not seen [the memo], were not aware of the contents and the details of it were not discussed in the meeting,” Hynes’ campaign spokeswoman Carol Knowles told Huffington Post Chicago in an email. “I also told [Goudie] that if Ms. Cotton was aware of something illegal/inappropriate she should have immediately reported it to the appropriate legal authorities.”
But in the same piece from ABC, Quinn brought the full-court press. “The Burr Oak Cemetery scandal is the worst scandal…in American history. Grave robbing going on and there was information about that in 2003. Why didn’t the comptroller know about it? He’s in charge of that office and they have a duty, he does, under law to make sure things are done right.”via www.huffingtonpost.com
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Carol Knowles of the Illinois Comptrollers Office is correct-Perpetua Manager Silvy Edmonds Cotton is responsible along with others at Perpetua Inc.
The Illinois Comptroller knew about Grave desecration at Burr Oak Cemetery in 2003 It Just so happens that the Illinois Comptroller is in a tight Race for Governor.of the State of Illinois with the now Governor Pat Quinn.
2009 Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal: Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes Knew about Scandal in 03-Your Funeral Guy
In the case of Burr Oak Cemetery, it comes down to one Company Perpetua Inc and one person, individual- a 2003 manager named Silvy Cotton According to the news report mentioned here. The Illinois regulator Comptroller Hynes also was aware of a grave desecration problem Burr Oak at Burr Oak Cemetery.
Illinois regulator “Dan Hynes knew” about the grave desecration in 03 and it is big politics in Illinois. Hynes is running for governor. Hynes only regulated the money, but because he knew of desecration he should have turned the matter over over to Law enforcement.
In E_Mails to me Silvy Cotton, threatened legal action against me for bringing out her involvement by blog post in the Burr Oak Horror.
The great Illinois Funeral Directors Association Preneed Scandal is an issue in the Race for governor of the State of Illinois. The Preneed Trust Scandal has forced Financial hardship on many Funeral Directors in the State. Many will have to work into retirement. Some funeral homes have closed. 100 million dollars is gone! Bankruptcy is being considered by some Funeral Directors.
THe Illinois Funeral directors Association Ponzi scheme my disqualify Comptroller Dan Hynes from becoming Governor.
The situation is still unresolved, tied up in the Courts. The Association is in need of a trustee because Merrill Lynch has pulled out. The political question is-Has the way Comptroller Dan Hynes handled the (IFDA)matter disqualified him to be Governor of the State of Illinois?
Summary:
In 1980, the Comptroller’s office licensed Illinois Funeral Directors Association to administer a “pre-need” funeral trust fund. Using these funds, consumers can plan and pay for funerals in advance. In this case, the funeral costs were paid to local funeral directors, who then invested the consumers’ deposits in the IFDA trust fund. Over time, about 50,000 consumers paid $300 million into the fund.
Normally, these pre-need funeral trust funds – which by law are supervised by the Comptroller’s office – are conservatively invested. That way, the funds generate a modest but reliable profit, so funeral home directors do not lose money when they provide a funeral in 2010 that was bought at 1995 prices.
100 million dollars is gone from the trust fund
However, in the mid-1980s, IFDA Services embarked on a risky investment scheme, using the bulk of consumers’ money to buy expensive “variable universal life” (VUL) insurance policies on funeral home directors.
VUL policies do not provide a specified death benefit; instead, the actual payout depends on the ups and downs of the stock market. They carry hefty management fees, and they can trigger huge tax penalties on payout. These policies also have low cash values, so fund managers can’t readily bail out and find better investments if the stock market tanks.
The entire scheme depended on receiving frequent cash injections from these insurance policies. That meant the insured funeral home directors had to die on schedule – which, not surprisingly, they failed to do.
These VUL insurance policies do have one huge advantage – for the agents who sell them. The premiums on these policies are very high. A lawsuit against the IFDA states that the fund paid $90 million in premiums on insurance policies with total death benefits estimated at $357 million. Since the scheme’s final collapse in 2009, the majority of those policies are being cashed in – for about $100 million.
The IFDA trust fund apparently used money from new investors to pay a modest but steady stream of “profits” to previous investors. That is the “Ponzi scheme” system made infamous, most recently, by Bernard Madoff.
The Illinois Funeral Directors Scheme was like that of Bernie Madoff
As a result, an estimated $100 million in consumer dollars vanished from the fund, and hundreds of family-owned funeral homes throughout Illinois are facing serious financial losses – even bankruptcy.
Dan Hynes the Comptroller Now candidate for Illinois Governor
“We all know that Dan Hynes waited far too long to act on disturbing reports about conditions at the Burr Oak Cemetery,” Austin said. “The IFDA scandal shows that Comptroller Hynes has a decade-long history of ignoring serious problems – with disastrous consequences for 50,000 Illinois consumers.”
Austin noted that Hynes has refused to provide documents requested by Bruce Rushton, a reporter for the Springfield State Journal-Register, that might shed light on the Comptroller’s delay in acting to end the fraud and protect consumers.
“When well-respected journalists file legitimate requests for information from his own office, Comptroller Hynes loses his enthusiasm for transparency, accountability, and the public’s right to know,” Austin said.-summaryvia davidormsby.wordpress.com
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