Ald. Brendan Reilly said the quick turnaround of the ordinance and the anonymity of the committee evaluating the casino is suspicious. “Now we’re told because we’re in a [request for proposals process], these are all secret meetings and these are all secret lists of people and we can’t share who made this decision. For a deliberative body like the City Council, that’s a horrible thing to hear.”
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.