Arrogance:

• 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.

In other words, just give him the money and he'll make sure it ends up in the right pockets. Don't look too closely at the connected firms the money ends up at. There's a whole bunch of change coming from Washington don't you know?