The rollout of a long-awaited upgrade to Cook County courts’ archaic case management system by beleaguered Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown’s office has caused disarray at the county’s main criminal courthouse on Chicago’s Southwest Side.
Attorneys and clerks interviewed by the Tribune since the rollout two weeks ago complained the supposed advancement has instead resulted in incomplete case information, poorly trained staff and lengthy delays in securing the most basic documentation.
Incompetent sloths like brown and her patronage crew have played such a major roll in keeping low income blacks locked up in cc jail over the years…and yet get a free pass in the world of ‘wheres mine’ chicago/cc machine black polotics
Her office gets a bad rap all the time, and the political appointees staff with brown personally are truly incompetent. But there are actually a lot of hard working and helpful staff and clerks out there who really do go the extra mile for attorneys and courtious pro se litigants. Those court room clerks work their butts off all morning and afternoon calls. Many of them are really really busy. I mean, if you’re motivated enough to ‘buy’ a job (With a large cash donation to browns campaign fund), then you’re probably motivated enough to actually do the job, knowing… Read more »
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.
Incompetent sloths like brown and her patronage crew have played such a major roll in keeping low income blacks locked up in cc jail over the years…and yet get a free pass in the world of ‘wheres mine’ chicago/cc machine black polotics
Her office gets a bad rap all the time, and the political appointees staff with brown personally are truly incompetent. But there are actually a lot of hard working and helpful staff and clerks out there who really do go the extra mile for attorneys and courtious pro se litigants. Those court room clerks work their butts off all morning and afternoon calls. Many of them are really really busy. I mean, if you’re motivated enough to ‘buy’ a job (With a large cash donation to browns campaign fund), then you’re probably motivated enough to actually do the job, knowing… Read more »