Some emails show Madigan asked for specific people to be hired as meter readers but to do little work, which Madigan discussed with Marquez directly, according to an email. McClain apparently had trouble with one Madigan appointment in particular, a lobbying contract for former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo, telling Marquez that Acevedo needed to show up on time and in person and “watch the booze.”
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.