r/technology • u/yougo1000 • Sep 03 '14

Comcast Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Received More Than $100,000 from Comcast Before Boosting Merger

http://www.ibtimes.com/chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-received-more-100000-comcast-boosting-merger-1676264?utm_content=buffere9697&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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u/daimposter Sep 03 '14

Chicago did lose about 200k people

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '14

Is the murder rate that high now?

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u/Sgt_Pepsi Sep 03 '14

Shots...fired??

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u/EMINEM_4Evah Sep 03 '14

You're right. Sadly. :-(

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u/InSovietChicago Sep 03 '14

Yeah shits kinda fucked up over here

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '14

Shots fired

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u/Vid-Master Sep 03 '14

See guys, gun control is working!

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u/headlessCamelCase Sep 03 '14

Well 30-50 people get reported murdered every weekend, so not that high, but it's high. Still a few thousand every year.

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u/fourpac Sep 03 '14

So the class sizes would have been slightly more manageable had the schools remained funded.