Former House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, who quit for reasons similar to Don Tracy's, believes the grassroots elements of the party simply want to cause trouble. "They don't do anything to help anyone get elected, they don't contribute financially, they're nowhere to be found," Durkin said. "Their bark is worse than their bite, but their bark is getting louder."
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.