"The problem is the mayor, and the voters have clearly made the judgment about that. It's why he has a 15 percent approval rating," said Democratic strategist Tom Bowen. "Don't forget, he hired an entire school board, fired them all, and then still couldn't get the changes he wanted at Chicago Public Schools. So the problem isn't the staff, the problem is him."
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.