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Public commenters tell Cook County tech panel technology deepens inequities, allege court-document fraud
Summary
Four public speakers told the Cook County Technology and Innovation Committee that county technology investments and slow systems deepen community inequities; one speaker alleged fraudulent probate documents and said portal deadlines disadvantaged seniors. Officials recorded the comments but offered no immediate response.
Four members of the public used the committee's allotted public-comment time to press the Technology and Innovation Committee on how county technology is managed and who benefits from it.
George Blakemore said long-standing failures to embrace and equitably deploy technology have deepened historical injustice and urged the committee to confront what he characterized as a legacy of exclusion in technology planning. “With all the millions of dollars ... they didn't get them on time,” Blakemore said, arguing that…
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