I think a lot of taxpayer money has been quietly pumped into Chicago by Obama.
Just recently a boatload of money went to solving the asian carp problem but it turned out that they never even looked at the shipping canal and the money went into the Chicago Sewers. The Army Corps of Engineers now wants $8 billion for the same thing again and their plans are for Chicago sewers again.
In 2009 Obama appointed Chicago crony Cameron Davis as Great Lakes Czar and give him a $20 billion budget. Since then, Davis has disappeared from the face of the earth wit the money.
Madigan wants state to spend $100 million on Obama library http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-madigan-wants-state-to-spend-100-million-on-obama-library-20140304,0,1734632.story
print more money!