The scandal-plagued mayor of a major city long targeted by federal investigators for corruption refuses to disclose a list of projects that will be funded with economic stimulus money when Congress approves the plan in the next few weeks.

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he has compiled a wish list of “shovel-ready projects” to spend the federal funds but, unlike hundreds of other mayors nationwide, he won’t reveal the details. Daley told the local newspaper that Chicago’s list is secret because once it’s made public, the “media is going to be ripping it apart.”

When a reporter asked why he’s not more transparent, the six-term Democrat mayor snapped back: “Read some of your newspapers.” Read More

I’m sure that Chicago will get a double share of the (Obama spending bill) money.