How Johnson maneuvers through the political and fiscal dilemma of landing the deal will prove fateful to not just his self-claimed brand as “obviously the most pro-worker mayor in the country,” but also to how a Fire Department with an aging fleet and old-school deployment model will operate in modern times.
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.
Could it be the racial breakdown of the Chicago Fire Department is the reason why Mayor Johnson does not want to deal with them?