I will never rent from Horizon Group Management in Chicago


	I will never rent from Horizon Group Management in Chicago

Lexica

7-28-2009 8:07 PM

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coercion, corporatism, twitter, activism

Lexica says:

An apartment management company is suing a former tenant for saying on Twitter that the apartment had mold. "We're a sue first, ask questions later kind of an organization" said the management company's spokesperson. I'm sure prospective tenants would be glad to know that, so I'm all in favor of spreading this story widely.

BTW, the former tenant in question had 20 Twitter followers when she tweeted; if the management company had not sued, 20 people would know about it. Now? Well, how many people read the Chicago Sun-Times? Hah.

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