Finance Chairman Burke’s “Friends of Edward M Burke” committee cleaned up in the month of November, bringing in just under $250,000. 163 contributions were logged for the month. Most came in at $1,500 each, including checks from the White Sox's Howard Pizer, transport magnate J.B. Hunt, Clayco’s Robert Clark, Broadhaven Capital Partners' John Simpson and dozens of other local development, legal, and investment firms.