David Greising, of the Better Government Association: "In addition to enabling corruption and exacerbating discrimination, aldermanic privilege also can simply enable bad policy — or block the adoption of good law. That’s what is happening with the push to prevent expansion of accessory dwelling units across the city."
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.
Besides Ray Lopez the rest of them are collecting a check and spending the weekends at their summer homes