UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Emanuel promises cash for tweeter's name

|
 
Published: Feb. 17, 2011 at 3:00 PM

CHICAGO, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel said he will donate money to charity if the person behind the @MayorEmanuel Twitter reveals his or her identity.

Emanuel announced on Roe Conn and Richard Roeper's WLS-AM, Chicago, show Tuesday he will donate "$2,500 or $5,000" to the charity of the Twitter user's choice "if they will make public who they are" after the mayoral election, the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday.

The candidate said he is a fan of the user's profanity-laced tongue-in-cheek tweets.

@MayorEmanuel has not officially responded to the offer, but made a post Tuesday night about a broken car radio that appeared to reference Emanuel's pledge.

"I swear to ... god, I will donate $2500 to the charity of your choice if you can come and fix this ... radio," the expletive-laced post read.

Topics: Rahm Emanuel, Richard Roeper
© 2011 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional Odd News Stories
Your Daily Horoscope
The almanac
1 of 18
Palestinian  Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
View Caption
A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad
fark
Bass fishing. Dolphin protection. Veteran support. All these license plates that support causes,...
Burglar destroys home and runs from cops, but stops mid-chase to grab a couple of beers by breaking...
Bomb shelters of the rich and famous
News: Canadian climbs Mount Everest. FARK: Double amputee conquers Mount Everest
Part-time model addicted to tanning in sun beds, admits she suffers from low-self esteem and tans...
Licensed volunteer wildlife rehabilitators help nurse animals back to health so they can reenter...