We all know Chicago government has no shortage of corruption and wasteful spending, but Showergate takes things to a whole new level.

If you don’t know about City Hall’s latest scandal — ShowerGate — then you probably haven’t seen my new, hot video quest to take a steamy, lathered-up shower one floor above Mayor Richard Daley’s office.

Just think of me at City Hall on Wednesday, towel over my arm and a couple of bars of Irish Spring soap, begging to shower in the new, luxury spa built secretly for the mayor’s tax-happy budget director, Bennett Johnson III.

Yep, you read that right. The budget director allegedly has a sparkling new shower at Chicago City Hall. The shower, paid for by taxpayer dollars, is rumored to have multiple shower heads with pulsating jets, towel warmers, and all the works needed for a luxury wash room.

How much does this “necessity” cost the taxpayers?

Now Bennett Johnson is being forced to say he’s paying for the shower, some $5,400 or so, a cheap shower beneath the dignity of a budget boss. They’re probably dropping the Greek marble, the hot-stone warmers and the fancy scented candles as you read this.

Taxpayers hard at work, eh?