Mayor Daley refuses to release stimulus project list:Unlike Other Cities

The Chicago Tribune reports:

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.

"It's very controversial.

Chicago style government in action. Quasi-dictatorships operate better this way.No word yet on whether Mayor Daley's good "friend" and campaign contributor Fred Barbara will benefit from such a "stimulus" package.Is anything "controversial" in Chicago?