Like him or hate him, you have to appreciate the sort of twisted thinking that goes into a stunt like this:
In the name of “transparency,” Mayor Daley on Thursday got some measure of revenge against the investigative reporters who’ve made his life miserable by digging up dirt on the Hired Truck, city hiring and minority contracting scandals.
He revamped the city’s new website to include a log of all Freedom of Information Act requests. The list includes the name and organization of each applicant, documents demanded and dates the information was requested and is due to be released.
A new state law merely requires city departments to maintain such a log — not to post it on the Internet to tip investigative reporters about the trail being followed by competitors.
So no one will have an scoop if everyone else knows what documents they are looking at for a hot story. Does Shortshanks thinks everyone will disband their investigative reporting bureaus? Whether they do or not, he's thrown a wrench in things.
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