CHICAGO (WLS) -- Monday is April Fool's Day, which means you have watch out for stories meant to trick you.
Apparently, that even applies to official statements from Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
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The mayor's office sent out an email saying a new manufacturing company called "Snip-N-Scoop" would be expanding their Chicago offices. It says the company makes "over-sized scissors and shovels," like what you see at ground-breakings and ribbon-cuttings.
"I have one message to all the combination shovel/scissor factories in Beijing and Berlin: watch out- Chicago's comin' for ya," Mayor Emanuel said in the email.
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The email even included a statement from the fake company's CEO Charles "Champ" Pompell, who said, "Due to Mayor Emanuel's unprecedented investments in infrastructure over the last eight years, it has never been a better time to be in the giant scissor and shovel business in Chicago."