Brad Weisenstein, of the Illinois Policy Institute: "On the surface, the first choice voters will make Nov. 8 is about government union power. In reality, it is about property taxes and handing control of those taxes to unelected government union bosses. Miss Othmar would expect you to study the details and ask yourself, 'Is this how democracy is supposed to work?'"
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.