“This would not be legally acceptable at a municipality. My critique is, going forward, we have to find a way where transparency is again part of the process,” said state Sen. Li Arellano also the the former mayor of Dixon. Years earlier, Dixon’s comptroller was convicted of embezzling millions of dollars from 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.