The hearing, which lasted less than 15 minutes, was the first time Austin has appeared in a federal courtroom since her indictment more than two and a half years ago on charges she took bribes from a developer and lied to FBI agents. Austin earns pension payments of more than $9,500 per month, according to records from the Municipal Employees’ Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago.
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.
It seems that there are more disgraced ex- politicians in IL than not, particularly in CHI/ Cook County.