Illinois Supreme Court justice calls for a fifth star to be added to the city flag—in honor of her own charity
At a Tuesday breakfast fund-raiser for Special Olympics that doubled as a roast for Mayor Rahm Emanuel on his 57th birthday, Illinois Supreme Court justice Anne Burke, a cofounder of the nonprofit organization, proposed that the city consider adding a fifth star to the Chicago flag in its honor, the Tribune reports. “Perhaps a fitting way to emphasize the role of Chicago in the International Special Olympics movement would be to add a fifth star, Mr. Mayor, to our flag for all the world to see and to celebrate the birth of Special Olympics,” said the justice, wife of 14th Ward alderman Ed Burke, who was one of many applauding (a group the mayor reportedly was not among). [Tribune]
