Mayor Keith Pekau, of Orland Park: "Illinois lawmakers have access to ample data and expert analyses on the property tax system. What is lacking is the political will to implement meaningful reforms."
But if you ask the head executive of the State he’ll tell you that the budget is balanced and they are fully funding pensions, schools are great and people are coming to Illinois for all the massive opportunities. You can’t fix anything when the executive believes it is all working and a majority of the voting public are lined up behind him believing everything he says.
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.
But if you ask the head executive of the State he’ll tell you that the budget is balanced and they are fully funding pensions, schools are great and people are coming to Illinois for all the massive opportunities. You can’t fix anything when the executive believes it is all working and a majority of the voting public are lined up behind him believing everything he says.