Mayor Daley has a list of “shovel-ready” projects for the city of Chicago. But he ain’t tellin’:
Mayor Richard Daley said today Chicago has compiled a wish list of “shovel-ready projects” to spend federal economic stimulus funds on should Congress approve a plan.
Unlike hundreds of other cities, however, Daley said Chicago won’t make its list public.
“Yes, we do, we have our list, we’ve been talking to people. We did not put that out publicly because once you start putting it out publicly, you know, the newspapers, the media is going to be ripping it apart,” Daley said.
The mayor is very savvy and this is completely consistent with past city behavior. For example, unless things have changed recently without my knowing it Chicago’s disaster preparedness plan isn’t available for public scrutiny and review. That’s specifically contrary to DHS recommendation.
It’s easier to deal with charges of lack of transparency than charges of corruption or that you don’t know what the heck you’re doing.
