The responses underscore the lack of visible and clear public access to the Koppers meetings with elected officials and employees of the Village of Stickney, and is a clear departure from the spirit of the Illinois Freedom of Information Act and the Open Meetings Act, whose purpose is to promote “free and open communication between government and citizens,” experts say.
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.