Blagojevich’s Roland Burris Built Cemetery Monument for Himself

By David Kurtz

December 31, 2008 7:47 a.m.

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Senator-designate Roland Burris already has a lavish — and expensive! — cemetery plot/temple constructed for him and his wife under the seal of the state of Illinois listing his many marvelous accomplishments.

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