Abarca is Lightfoot’s fourth appointment to the City Council. Lightfoot also tapped Ald. Nicole Lee to replace convicted former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson; Ald. Monique Scott to replace her brother, former Ald. Michael Scott, Jr.; and Ald. Timmy Knudsen to replace former Ald. Michele Smith.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.