Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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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.
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
After putting up a couple cement barriers at the entrance to Oak Park’s city hall to restrict but not prevent ICE access to the parking lot, forcing ICE to park on the street next to city hall, Oak Park struck another massive blow to ICE by temporarily modifying its ban on gas leaf blowers. That’ll show ‘em.
https://www.oakpark.com/2025/10/16/oak-park-change-enforcement-gas-leaf-blower-ban-ice-activity/
Thanks. Posted it. Bet you can’t top that, Evanston!
Evanston: “hold my beer”
In other news, at a flea market (?) take down, 11 people were arrested. All had a variety of criminal charges and were in the country illegally. No word on any clergy or musical instruments being present.
Sheriffs police were afraid an Octoberfest celebration would break out and they didn’t have a permit. Protesters running around in lederhosen swilling beer and dancing the polka
Doesn’t matter who or what you are you break the law you get arrested !!
a person playing an instrument, apparently an accordion
Was he playing it so badly that you couldn’t tell what it was??
I can see a bagpipe player, but not an accordian player.
Imagine that. Almost seems coordinated.