“Our message was simple: you don’t get to raise our taxes without a referendum,” local organizer Shannon McClurg said. “It’s not about whether schools need repairs. We’re willing to talk about that. But you don’t get to bypass the voters.”
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.
All school districts need to do what they did. Taxpayers should have a voice.