Ald. Andre Vasquez introduced the measure Wednesday that would amend the city code to define being an alderperson as a full-time job and to prohibit them from being paid for work “related to real estate developments, legal representation or legal services.” Eleven other aldermen co-sponsored it.
Whaaaat! Is being an alderman considered a job? Most meet their constituents for the first time in a bar where they conduct most of the city’s business.
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.
Whaaaat! Is being an alderman considered a job? Most meet their constituents for the first time in a bar where they conduct most of the city’s business.