Il Gov Quinn Hammers HYNES On Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal,Video But…|Your Funeral Guy

Governor Pat Quinn Hammers  Gov. Candidate Dan Hynes in this video on Hynes handling of the Burr Oak Cemetery Mess.  But Quinn Knows the culprit( the ones covering up) in the Burr Oak Cemetery Mess is the the Cemetery Owner Perpetua,  Inc and  Slivy Cotton. This is  mentioned in this blog. and in  the Chuck Goudie Memo of Last Friday Night. It is not emphasized  in the ABC7 Goudie story of 1/29/2010.

There are also reports that Quinn Campaign gave this memo to Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart.

Quinn Bias? Quinn Playing the race(Burr Oak) card?

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IL Gov Campaign-Quinn Cries Hynes Cover Up in 2 Funeral Scams|YourFuneralGuy

In the Last Day of the Democratic Campaign for Illinois Governor Quinn is screaming  at Hynes “Cover up” in 2 Illinois Funeral Scandals. Scandal #1: The Burr Oak Cemetery Grave Desecration.  Scandal #2 the Illinois Funeral Directors Preneed Ponzi Scheme.

The smoking gun for Dan Hynes appears to be a memo that surfaced Friday(Jan. 29th)  in  Channel 7 news report. The memo shows that  Comptroller Hynes office knew of body desecration and grave stacking at Burr Oak Cemetery in 2003.

Hynes had no regulatory authority in “Cemetery Operations” but could have turned the matter over to law enforcement.

The same is true in the Great  Illinois Funeral Directors Association  Preneed ponzi scheme. Hynes had limited authority in that insurance scam  and choose not to turn the matter over to law enforcement or prosecution early on.

Funeral  and Cemetery fraud should always be prosecuted, That said the memo shows that the perpetrators(coverup) in Burr Oak are  Perpetua and  Manager Silvy Cotton.

In The IFDA Preneed Trust Scam the perpetrators(coverup) was done by the association ‘s leadership.

Unfortunately For Dan Hynes the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal may well be the most horrific in the nations history, and the IFDA Preneed Insurance scam is the greatest insurance scam in the history of the State of Illinois.

These scandals spelled well publicized catastrophe and happened under the Comptrollers watch. He had limited regulatory authority in each matter which makes it look like a coverup.  This situation for “Hynes” may  cost him the governorship. Quinn knows knows these facts but is using them to his advantage…..

State of Illinois Governor Pat Quinn

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All summed up at the Capitol Fax Blog.…quoting Quinn’s spokesperson.

“Over the past months, as the scandal at Burr Oak Cemetery and the $100 million collapse of a statewide pre-need funeral trust fund have unfolded, Comptroller Hynes has repeatedly covered up,

NEWS:Hynes Knew about Burr Oak Grave desecration +”Silvy Cotton” in 2003|Your Funeral Guy

HYNES KNEW

It is being reported that State of Illinois Comptroller-Dan HYNES- knew about the Grave Desecrations at Burr Oak Cemetery in 2003.

Evidently Hyne’s Office became aware of Grave Desecration’s at Burr Oak, and his office  contacted  Silvy Cotton the then 03 Manager of Burr Oak Cemetery

This has been reported by the Capitol Fax Blog and ABC News.

IS THIS THE SMOKING GUN IN THE RACE FOR

ILLINOIS GOVERNOR?

CLICK HERE FOR AN ABC VIDEO REPORT.

I reported the  Silvy Cotton  part of the story on this blog that Cotton was involved with the Burr Oak Cemetery desecration in that she hired the arrested  2009 manager at Burr Oak Cemetery. I also stated she was involved in the Deborah Kellom funeral home Scam in St. Louis that took place at another Perpetua  Facillity with a 2009 conviction.

The source of the blog post came from one individual in St.Louis who wished to remain anonymous. THE OTHER SOURCE  WAS FROM THE CHICAGO AREA WITH A LOVED ONE AT BURR OAK-anonymous.. Other sources in St Louis, and CHICAGO would not confirm or deny a Silvy Cotton connection to Kellom and Wade Funeral Home or Burr Oak Cemetery.

When threatened by Silvy Edmomds Cotton  i retracted the blog because I had 2 sources, that would not back up my Statements. I deleted the post. Here is my Email Exchange with  Silvy Cotton,

Correction Demanded

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From:	“SLIVY@xxx.com” <SLIVY@xxx.com> … View Contact

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Burr Oak Cemetery Desecration Defendants plead Not Guilty … By yourfuneralguy DefendantCarolyn Towns was originally hired by Silvy Edmonds Cotton, Pereptua Inc. who also hired Deborah Kellom of the Wade Funeral Home Perpetua Scandal. Silvy Edmonds Cotton is a party to the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal because she is … YourFuneralGuy – http://yourfuneralguy.wordpress.com/ Mr. Burkhardt, Your Blog incorrectly states that I hired Debora Kellom and that I am still apart of the Burr Oak/ Perpetua Management. Neither of these statements is true.  I have not been a part of the Perpeuta Management team since January 2004.  I demand that you correct those statements and will monitor any such future claims.  If these incorrect statements persist, I will consider legal action. Sincerely, Slivy Edmonds Cotton Re: Correction Demanded … From: Robert Burkhardt <yourfuneralguy@yahoo.com>  … Add to Contacts To: SLIVY@xxx.com Hello The Reference in question has been deleted even though there are 2 sources that state otherwise. If there is a chance it is not true it gets deleted..Always. Joshua Slocum is involved here-that always calls for questions. Were you a part of Portico LLM Enterprises? Or are they suing you? What was your connection to Burr Oak? CedarPark? You are named in the class action Lawsuit-Burr Oak Cemetery Why? I will continue to follow the money in this horrific situation and determine beyond question who is involved. Reports show Slivy Edmonds Cotton, who remains listed under Perpetua management, and Portico LLM Enterprises took over the Pet Cemetery of Tucson in 2008. Portico sued the former owner this summer, alleging fraud and misconduct, including selling headstones that were not provided and breaking into Portico offices to delete files. At Perpetua, Edmonds Cotton oversaw Cedar Park, 12540 S. Halsted St. She told the Daily Southtown in 2000 she was inspired by Cedar Park’s uniqueness and beauty.——-Daily Southtown. http://www.southtownstar.com/burr-oak/1723194,081909perpetua.article NOW I BELIEVED MY SOURCES AND ALWAYS THOUGHT SILVY COTTON WAS A KEY FIGURE IN THE BURR OAK CEMETERY HORROR(SCANDAL) FUNERAL INDUSTRY |FUNERAL NEWS BLOG BY YOUR FUNERAL GUY It is true that Comptroller DAN  HYNES only had the authority to regulate money-BUT WHY DID HE NOT TURN IT OVER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IN 2003? Memos and emails obtained by the I-Team reveal that top officials in the Illinois comptroller’s office knew in 2003 there was a problem with unearthed human remains at Burr Oak. And according to a confidential five-page report written by Burr Oak’s CEO in 2003, cemetery officials had reason to believe the grave-selling scandal had already started. via abclocal.go.com E Mails original to this post from your funeral guy Pat Quinn told ABC7 Friday night that Hynes needs to come clean on what he knew about Burr Oaks and when he knew it. via abclocal.go.com

Hynes Spokesperson reveals more on IL Funeral Scam-YourFuneralGuy

A spokesperson for candidate Dan Hynes  Comptroller running for Illinois Governor responded to my blog Post today about the way the Comptroller handled the Illinois Funeral Directors Association (IFDA)Ponzi Scheme. In an E-Mail  Carol Knowles revealed significant Information.

THE  ILLINOIS FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION HAD 2 SETS OF BOOKS.

PART OF THE BLAME FOR NON -REGULATION  OF THE PONZI SCAM SHOULD GO TO THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.

THE IFDA “AWARDED INTEREST BASED ON A WHIM NOT ACTUAL EARNINGS”

Your comments regarding the SJR

Comptroller Hynes was the one who forced this issue — forced the IFDA into proper regulation. You are criticizing him for having done the RIGHT thing.

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From:	Carol Knowles <caknowles@xxx.com> …
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Hello,

I think you may have missed the point.

The IFDA issue is about the regulation of insurance policies and trusts.

Those regulatory matters are in the hands of the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation — NOT the Comptroller’s Office.

The regulation of the IFDA trust was no longer under the regulatory authority of the Comptroller’s Office beginning in the mid 1990s when the state law was changed.

The “license” the IFDA Trust had was to SELL preneed and it had been issued DECADES earlier. It was irrelevant because the IFDA DID NOT SELL preneed.

The Comptroller’s Office uncovered the problem, stopped the bad guys and moved to protect the trust by alerting the IDFPR.

The IDFPR could have and should have frozen the fund in 2006 when they were advised of the problem, but instead they chose let the IFDA try to qualify as a proper trustee. When that failed they told them to find an appropriate trustee. The IFDA fought regulators at every step of the way.

The “earnings” they reported to their members and/or consumers were fantasy numbers. They awarded interest based on a whim, not actual earnings. They paid various members off with $25,000 personal insurance policies. They essentially had 2 sets of books.

The IFDA began purchasing these policies in the mid 1980s — where was the Department of Insurance (part of the IDFPR)?

The IFDA was advised by their own lawyers in the mid 1990s that they needed to be regulated by IDFPR but they ignored it and operated without a proper trustee.

Bruce Rushton was given all of these documents but chose not to report all of the facts.

THIS IS VERY INTERESTING, SHE IS ACCUSING THE STATE JOURNAL REGISTER A SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS NEWSPAPER AND  REPORTER BRUCE RUSHTON OF NOT REPORTING THE FACTS.

Note: THE IFDA SOLD PRENEED POLICY|IES THROUGH MEMBER FUNERAL HOMES.

The spokesman is shifting blame to other Illinois Governmental Agencies.

This is  all revealing and somewhat shocking.

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Documents released In Funeral Scam Impact Illinois Governors Race|YourFuneralGuy

Comptroller Hynes delayed action in Funeral Ponzi relevant in Governors Race.

New documents released in an Illinois Funeral Scam are relevant to the Illinois Governors race-Dan Hynes’s delay in holding Illinois Funeral Directors Association feet to the fire should disqualify him from being governor.

There are strong consequences to the IFDA Ponzi scheme avoiding regulators and Hynes delaying regulator action-Financial difficulties for funeral homes, owners of funeral homes having to work into retirement, lack of funeral job openings in the state, funeral homes having to make up the difference in  client’s preneed  funeral policies.

Real solutions to this matter are delayed in the Courts, but most importantly trust for funeral directors in the state has been buried.

And with the resignation of the IFDA President, the good old boys are still in control at the Illinois Funeral Directors Association.

It all results from the delayed regulatory action of Comptroller Dan Hynes.

State regulators spent more than a year pondering the financial catastrophe that was a pre-need funeral trust fund administered by the Illinois Funeral Directors Association, but it didn’t take Regions Bank long to figure out that the trust was in deep trouble.

Regions Bank was supposed to take over the trust. However, the bank backed out after the IFDA balked at liquidating life insurance policies that cost the fund thousands of dollars each day, according to the bank’s analysis.

via www.sj-r.com

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Illinois Comptroller Hynes Fires back to Gov. Quinn on the Illinois Funeral Scandal-YourFuneralGuy

In Illinois Dan  Hynes the candidate for Governor has fired back  At Gov. Quinn’s Allegations on the Illinois Funeral Directors Association Ponzi Scheme.

As expected the Governor gave The Illinois Comptroller  Hynes a hard time for  his handling of the Illinois Funeral  Directors Association Ponzi Scheme where over 100 Million Dollars was lost. Funeral Directors in the  State are out lots of money,Funeral prices have risen because of this Insurance Scam &  the sale of prepaid insurance in the State has lost all integrity.

IFDA Trust Fund is an issue in the Governors race.

” Hynes also addressed allegations from the Quinn campaign that he allowed a funeral trust fund scam to flourish under his watch.

Hynes said his office looked into the matter thoroughly and took awhile to complete an investigation because problems began more than a decade before he took office and grew complex before they were caught.

“We uncovered the fraud and put an end to it,” Hynes said. “This was a complicated scheme that began in the early ’80s.”

via www.chicagocurrent.com

Hynes did uncover the Fraud. Putting an end to it remains to be seen.

Dan Hynes let the Illinois Funeral Directors Association go to Civil Lawsuit in hopes that the public may benefit. Your Funeral Guy Believes that the matter should have been sent to prosecutors  so the Ponzi Scheme could have been brought to a quick end for good.

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Besides IL Governor and Comptroller other Illinois Politicians involved in Funeral Ponzi -Your Funeral Guy.

There are other politicians involved with the Illinois Funeral Directors Association Ponzi Scheme, other than Governor Pat Quinn and Comptroller and Dan Hynes.

Many Politicians are involve in the Illinois funeral Directors Scandal

Roland Burris an Illinois Senator| More On Burris and the Illinois Funeral Scandal|Roland Burris approved the creation of the IFDA Preneed Trust Ponzi   as Illinois Comptroller in the1980′s, Burris was a lobbyist for the Illinois Funeral Directors Association,lobbying  Dan Hynes before becomig Illinois Senator by appointment by a disgrace Governor. As Senator he has refuse to comment on the Illinois Funeral Directors Ponzi Scheme.

Dewitt County Coroner Alex Calvert Of Calvert Metzler Funeral Home in Bloomington, Illinois  More on Calvert here. County Coroner Alex Calvert Runs Calvert Funeral Homes llc. Calvert Funeral Homes is the  the lead name in the Six Illinois Funeral Director Lawsuit against the IFDA. His chain of funeral homes like many of the Funeral directors in the state did not protect the families his funeral homes served by tracking down the status of IFDA funds. Instead he choose a lawsuit!

State Senator Randall Hultgren, Running for Congress.  | More on State Senator Randall  Hultgren|Hultgren was originally elected with the help of his fathers preneed Funds. Coming from from a Funeral Home supporting the IFDA, He refused to speak out against the Scandal as a member of the State Senate Insurance committee.

Illinois State Representative Dan Brady of Bloomington IL. More on an Brady and  the IFDA

Dan Bray is a funeral director as well as a reformer in the Illinois Funeral Directors Association Ponzi Scheme. He also gave great assistance in the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal.

For More details on this story  CLICK HERE

Dan Hynes let the Illinois Funeral Directors Association go to Civil Lawsuit in hopes that the public may benefit. Your Funeral Guy Believes that the matter should have been sent to prosecutors  so the Ponzi Scheme could have been brought to a quick end for good.

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Illinois Governor Calls Illinois Funeral Directors Ponzi 8 year Coverup-Your Funeral Guy.

IFDA leaders took money from a funeral trust fund

The Illinois Governor Called the Illinois Funeral Directors Ponzi Scheme a 8 year cover up by his opponent The Illinois Comptroller  Dan Hynes. Quinn also refered to the IFDA  Preneed Trust Scandal  as  a Madoff Like Scheme -something I have been saying for years.

The Illinois Funeral irectors Association pulled off a Madoff like Insurance sacm to the tune of 100 million dollars

Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes did not report the scandal as Criminal activity early on when Randall L Earl  was IFDA Presdient Eight Years ago. EARL IS Currently the  NFDA,National Funeral Directors Association Treasurer.

QUINN CAMPAIGN DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM DAN HYNES ON EIGHT-YEAR COVER-UP OF $100 MILLION FUNERAL FUND SCANDAL
SAYS FAILURE TO END 8-YEAR FRAUD UNDERMINES CLAIM OF EFFECTIVE FISCAL MANAGEMENT

CHICAGO — The Quinn for Illinois campaign is calling on Comptroller Dan Hynes to give honest answers to consumers about the Illinois Funeral Directors Association Pre-Need Trust Fund – a Madoff-style Ponzi scheme that flourished for almost a decade under the Comptroller’s direct supervision.

via radiochicagoland.blogspot.com

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Theft of preneed Funds does not help families with funeral cost

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Illinois Gov Race-The Illinois Funeral Directors Association PONZI Scandal is important!- YourFuneralGuy

The  Illinois  Funeral Directors Association  Funeral Ponzi Scheme is making news in the Governors Race In the State Of Illinois. Governor Pat Quinn is being challenged by Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes.

Quinn is coming own hard on Hynes for letting the the Funeral Good  old boys get away with it. Remarkably It is not just the Illinois Funeral Directors Association Association who are upset with Hynes. The Folks suing the IFDA despise Hynes  as well. “The Lawsuit Calvert Funeral Homes llc et al” and the lawsuits that followed amounted to an  Funeral Director  Lawsuit Pile on the THe IFDA an the Illinois Comptroller

To Be fair to the Governor,  Hynes failed to report criminal activity.

To be fair to to Comptroller Hynes the Illinois Funeral Directors Association was fighting  him by not giving him the information he needed to deal with the scoundrels.

In  February 2008 The State Journal Register reported funds misappropiated, lost or stolen to the tune of 42 million USD. Today that amount has ballooned to over 100 million.

Snippet on some of the details here.

CHICAGO — The Quinn for Illinois campaign is calling on Comptroller Dan Hynes to give honest answers to consumers about the Illinois Funeral Directors Association Pre-Need Trust Fund – a Madoff-style Ponzi scheme that flourished for almost a decade under the Comptroller’s direct supervision.

“When Dan Hynes claims in his TV ads to be a good fiscal manager, Illinois voters need to take it with a $100 million grain of salt,” said Quinn campaign spokeswoman Elizabeth Austin.

The basic issue is simple: In 2001, Dan Hynes learned that the IFDA’s pre- need trust fund was losing money. In just one year, the fund balance had dropped from an $18 million surplus to a troubling deficit.

via news.mywebpal.com

The Illinois Funeral Directors Association Ponzi Scheme was the largest  Funeral| Insurance Scanal In the History of the State of Illinois.

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Is there any Funeral|Cemetery Regulation in Illinois?

Is there any Funeral|Cemetery Regulation in Illinois? Essentially there is NO to minimal  regulation in Illinois of Funerals and Cemeteries- Preneed  regulation exists but is in adequate by the regulator’s own admission(The Illinois Comptroller). License Regulation will get some teeth in 2010.

Other Reforms are on the way related to the Burr oak Cemetery Scandal.. But with the Illinois Funeral Directors Association Sandal reaching into the NFDA Executive Board with Randal L Earl(NFDA Executive Secretary) many Funeral Directors in Illinois feel it is too little too late.

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