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| Daley refuses to release stimulus project list |
| 2009-02-05 |
| From the (transparency-infested/ snark off) swamp that gave us Obamacles! Posted by Dan Mihalopoulos at 6:40 p.m. 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. Yes, we have ready projects from the Board of Education to the City Colleges to the Park District to the CTA and the city of Chicago. Oh yes. Us and New York decided not to do that. We thought we could go directly into the federal bureaucracies and the different departments," the mayor added. Later, Daley was asked why he wasn't being more transparent. "Read some of your newspapers. Heh heh," he replied. |
| Posted by:Uncle Phester |
| #2 Make it easy on everybody, Richie. Reclassify them for distribution in a timely manner. Brother in Law, Uncle, Wife's Aunts Cousin, Frank the Union Guy from Down Da Street, Councilman X's Frat Buddy From College, Judge X's "Niece's Father"... See? Much easier... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-02-05 15:39 |
| #1 "It's very The old Daley apple didn't fall too far from the tree. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-02-05 15:33 |