Is Bill Burke Just As Broke As Frank McCourt?

Dodger fans were mildly excited last week when the Los Angeles Times reported owner Frank McCourt received a $1.2 billion offer for his baseball organization from L.A. Marathon founder Bill Burke by way of China.

Gene Maddaus of the LA Weekly did some investigating and discovered that Burke, while rich, doesn’t exactly have baseball ownership money:

“Burke is chair of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, and as such is required to file his own Form 700 (posted below). According to that document, Burke has, at most, $4.3

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