Organizer Tom Pizur, doesn’t own a restaurant and doesn’t work in the restaurant industry. "I’m just a customer that doesn’t want to feel like a criminal...The restaurants hold these communities together, not just in Lake and McHenry county, but all over the state. These restaurants have spent a lot of money, a lot of time trying to meet the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) regulations."
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.