Allegations made in December 2020 by her former chief of staff, Tiffany Harper, and former chief impact officer, Ashley Evans, include using government workers to plan her daughter’s birthday party, repeatedly misusing taxpayer resources, and attempted to force BMO Harris — one of the banks where city money is deposited — to issue a mortgage tied to the building that houses the aldermanic office for the treasurer’s husband, Ald. Jason Ervin.
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.