"Grant money doesn’t fall from the sky, it comes from public tax dollars or from generous private donors who expect to see funds use responsibly. Attitudes about grant funds are important as communities throughout the Southland compete in 2023 and beyond for a share of federal infrastructure funds."
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.
“””—I don’t use the taxpayers’ dollars, I don’t use property taxes, I don’t use water bill money. Grant money, so that means free money.”—“””
That an elected official says this is mind boggling…