Broadband stimulus projects: Laptops and iPods for Minneapolis residents?

Minnesota has declined to make public its list of recommended projects for the first round of broadband stimulus funding until Washington announces the lucky recipients beginning in early November.

Sure, many other states have released their prioritized lists of applicants for a $7.2 billion jackpot. And sure, the secretive nature of the process seems at odds with the high level of transparency that was promised to accompany the even higher level of stimulus funding...