“Our concern is we’re going to have more stagnation in investment and potentially further divestment if businesses find it too onerous to come back within our communities, and that’s a downward spiral,” said Kristi DeLaurentiis, executive director of the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association.
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.
Look around the South suburbs, and tell me how many businesses are boarded up. Calumet City is now a food desert.