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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.

http://yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com/2010/01/30/newshynes-knew-about-burr-oak-grave-desecration-silvy-cotton-in-2003your-funeral-guy/

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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
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Illinois has a New  Cemetery law that  was crafted in Response to the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal outside of Chicago. Here are 5 provisions of the new law.

2009 Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal maybe the most horrific in US History

1.Cemetery owners, managers and customer service employees will have to be licensed,

2.Regulatory agency will conduct audits

3.Regulatory agency will issue fines of up to $10,000 for violations such as poor grounds upkeep or failing to keep burial maps.

4. There will be a State Wide Burial Database keeping track of every burial in the state. This will prevent desecration of graves and reburials.

5. There will be a place for consumers to file  complaints. This is important in preventing abuse.

Gov. Pat Quinn signed a measure into law Sunday that overhauls the way cemeteries are regulated in Illinois, a move brought about by the scandal at Burr Oak cemetery and one that officials say could ultimately shutter the troubled burial site.

State officials said the changes mark the first significant regulations imposed on an industry that has historically operated with little oversight. Employees at Burr Oak, near Alsip, were accused of digging up bodies and reselling plots for profit.”-via www.chicagotribune.com

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This  is the first time the cemetery industry has been regulated in the State of Illinois. The name of the New Law  is the Cemetery Oversight Act.

This is good for the  cemetery and funeral consumer in Illinois and provides an example for the rest of the nation.


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Monday, January 18th, 2010
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The Countdown Of the top Funeral News Stories of 2009 is winding down.2009 saw the Funeral News dominated by Celebrity Deaths, the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal outside Chicago,  The Illinois Funeral Directors Association Preneed Ponzi Scheme, The World’s Largest Funeral Corporations continued abuse of the dead, and bad funeral corporation financial reports.

49. Charlotte Observer exposes Worlds Largest Funeral Corporation SCI PRICE FIXING

48.Burr Oak Cemetery is not a Funeral Rule issue.

47. Burr Oak Cemetery Lawsuit Video

46.Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal Video

45.Illinois cemetery disaster is a preneed and cemetery regulation problem.

44SCI Q1 2009 preneed losses at this location

43.Special funeral beer

39.SCI 6th Scandal  Funeral Home and Cemetery  Running a momento dump

38.Read About  SCI- Service Corporation International- Caught  Mishandling baby remains and  Another SCI Lawsuit

37.State (like) Funeral for Jack Kemp at National Cathedral

36.funeral homes charging for flags

35. Drews Law Dead-Funeraled and in ground can now speak in Court!

34.National Memorial Service for Jack Kemp: On the web 3

33 . Preneed a USA Problem-Now Mississippi

32..Burr Oak cemetery Scandal to get online database

31.Three  popular online memorials For Walter Cronkite

30.Burr Oak Cemetery had strange burial contracts

29. Feds investigating the Illinois Funeral Directors Association

28. Illinois Governor creates cemetery task force

27 . Farrah Fawcett Funeral: IS  Church the cemetery|grave?

26.White House Reverses itself on First Lady’s Father’s Remains at Burr Oak Cemetery

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Thursday, December 31st, 2009
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When I began researching the work, Rest in Peace Insiders tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral, I was immediately confronted with Funeral Scandal. More than a year  has gone by since the work was published and Funeral scandal has gone from bad to worse in 2009.

Rest in Peace Insiders Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral

Rest in Peace Insiders Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral

Recently i was confronted in a Blog post that most funeral directors are honest, therefore we should not talk about funeral scandal. Most Funeral directors are not honest because they refuse to keep their leaders honest.  The boss at the funeral home has no one to hold their feet to the fire, no one to keep the funeral or cemetery corporation honest, no one checks up on the funeral regulator or association leader. This is why funeral scandal is  viral.

Here is how the conversation went:

“Out of all the funeral professionals in the USA at least 95% of them are honest and upstanding professionals. The examples you give probably make up the remain 5%. You make it sound like the whole industry is scamming and it is simply not true, but again these are the only things that get published publicly and that is the problem.”

via www.connectingdirectors.com

Here is my response:”Provide the basis for your numbers.-What you are quoting is a Funeral Industry myth to explain away a perpetual state of Scandal!

“It is the leaders who have blown it not those in the profession. Funeral Directors have allowed their leaders to be crooked. Many others in and outside our profession have called those mentioned here fraudulent . What you mention is a standard funeral industry myth. Not all industries have poor/bad leaders.

Look what happened to the banking industry because of poor wall street leadership. GM poor leaders-Ford good. To cliche your way around the funeral industry decline is not a valid way way to argue.”

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Sunday, December 13th, 2009
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Service Corporation announced the acquisition of Palm Mortuary  in Las Vegas on Thursday, December 3rd 2009 in a PR-Web press release. This effectively gives Service Corporation International control of the Las Vegas Funeral Market.  This deal was approved by the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General of the State of Nevada.

#1 Funeral Corporation in the world purchases Palm Mortuary

#1 Funeral Corporation in the world purchases Palm Mortuary

Service Corporation International is the World’s largest provider of Funeral Services. It is known for its aggressive acquisitions in the Funeral Industry. It also is known for it’s high prices.  In 2009 it has been plagued with Scandal and had a disaster of a year financially in 2009.

To handle this SCI(NYSE:SCI) has resumed a strategy of cutting operating costs(quality of service decline) and acquiring new properties such as Palm Mortuary in Las Vegas.  This is not a good situation for the funeral consumer in Las Vegas. In the long run Consumers there will pay more and find it difficult to come in under the average cost of a funeral.

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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
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