“When you centralize power in one person’s hand and take it out of the hands of the entire elected General Assembly [it] gives an individual like Mike Madigan the chance to be able to hold things hostage until he gets the kinds of payments or payoffs for himself or his associates that he’s looking for,” state Rep. Tom Demmer said.
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.