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Chicago By the Numbers: Quantifying This Week's News

By Tanveer Ali | March 13, 2015 6:04am | Updated on March 13, 2015 12:22pm
 Some of the important numbers from Chicago's neighborhood stories this week
Some of the important numbers from Chicago's neighborhood stories this week
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Chicago By the Numbers is a weekly feature highlighting the most important numbers from the news across Chicago's neighborhoods.

17: The number of votes by which Ald. Deb Mell avoided a runoff election for her 33rd Ward seat. Challenger Tim Meegan claimed "shenanigans" by Mell, claiming that Mell's father, retired alderman Dick Mell, was involved. Mell's campaign said there was no wrongdoing.

$28 million: The amount the state Department of Natural Resources moved late Wednesday to freeze in state grants set to go to the Chicago Park District. The freeze won't impact the June opening of The 606 trail, but officials connected to it say it would impact other parts of the project, including the expansion of Walsh Park and the purchase of the Magid Glove factory.

75: The number of dog feces complaints the city has received since Saturday, the start of the winter thaw.

$700: The bill on some food orders at a new Al's Italian Beef location in suburban Dallas, according to its franchise owner. Since the location opened last month, Texans have been lining up to try the sandwiches that come from Chicago's Little Italy. And you know Texas: It knows good meat.

$457,815,397: The amount of money coming from the city budget to finance Rahm Emanuel's $4 billion Neighborhoods Now program. WBEZ dug into the finances of the mayor's program that covers developments such as the West Loop's hip SOHO House to hotel and arena projects around McCormick Place. (Neither of which received city funding.

6: The number of Chicago Public Schools high schools offering Arabic language classes. An Arabic teacher at Lincoln Park High School said 140 students are learning the language there.

50: The number of red-light cameras that Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the city would remove. More than 300 other red-light cameras will remain in operation.

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