Felix Cardona, Jr.

Alderperson, Ward 31, Chicago City Council

We identified Cardona’s voice at 13 meetings across seven bodies.

1 of 19transcribed meetings with their voice identified

10questions at the Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development

19 of 20present at roll calls, from the clerk

Also sits on 6 committees

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Next City Council meeting: Mon, Nov 2, 10:00 am · Agenda

One clip, newest first

Felix Cardona, Jr. · Member · Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development · Feb 10, 2026 · 41:07
“…what do you foresee if you do get this position? How are you going to be— what are you bringing to the table?”

Every roll call, and Cardona’s other bodies

Present at 19 of 20 roll calls at the City Council

From the clerk’s own record. We don’t compare members on it.

PresentAbsentOldest first, 1 square per roll call

Absent 1. Nov 14, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026. The clerk’s record covers 20 of the 22 meetings we hold, through Oct 14, 2026.

Official roll call, from the clerk →

City Council: talk time not compared. We could name only 4% of the speech they may have given; we compare members at 30%.
Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: talk time not compared. On a random sample of meeting time, between 41% and 70% of members' speech here carries a name; we rank when the low end reaches 60%.
Committee on Police and Fire: talk time not compared. Seated for only 6 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on License and Consumer Protection: talk time not compared. We could name only 25% of the speech they may have given; we compare members at 30%.
Committee on Budget and Government Operations: talk time not compared. We could name only 15% of the speech they may have given; we compare members at 30%.
Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights: talk time not compared. Seated for only 5 meetings in 12 months.
Committee on Finance: talk time not compared. We could name only 16% of the speech they may have given; we compare members at 30%.
Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: present at 12 of 13 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on License and Consumer Protection: present at 10 of 10 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights: present at 6 of 6 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk

Questions

Cardona asked 10 questions at the five Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

Of Cardona’s 9 questions to city departments at the Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development, 5 went to transportation and transit.

Who they question: 16 questions to a department, 3 bodies · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 9, 2026.

Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development9 questions to city departments

Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Transportation and transit		556%
Budget, finance and controller		222%
Water, power and utilities		222%

Committee on Budget and Government Operations5 questions to city departments

Committee on Budget and Government Operations: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Budget, finance and controller		5100%

Committee on License and Consumer Protection2 questions to city departments

Committee on License and Consumer Protection: questions by department
Department	Share	Questions
Economic development, business and licensing		2

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Cardona’s voice

13, newest first. The date opens the meeting; the time plays the video at Cardona’s first remark.

Oct 7, 2026Committee on License and Consumer Protection0.7 min45:14
Sep 22, 2026Committee on Police and Fire0.1 min31:11
Sep 15, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development2.3 min57:32
Sep 14, 2026Committee on Finance0.9 min2:39:23
Jul 15, 2026City Council0.1 min2:59:02
May 11, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development0.4 min50:23
Apr 14, 2026Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights1.1 min55:10
Apr 13, 2026Committee on License and Consumer Protection0.2 min1:27:02
Apr 9, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development1.7 min53:09
Mar 13, 2026Committee on Police and Fire0.9 min41:23

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Feb 10, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development0.7 min41:52
Dec 17, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations1.2 min3:24:39
Nov 12, 2025Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development1.8 min1:28:08

How we identify who is speaking · blind check, pooled across five cities: of 410 council lines drawn, 352 right, 0 wrong, 1 unclear, 57 couldn’t be judged

A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Cardona was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Felix Cardona, Jr.’s name only when both agree and a code check finds the name said on, or just before, their turn. Voices our transcripts merge with someone else’s are never attributed, so every count here undercounts what Cardona said. For councils and their committees, of 410 lines drawn, 352 were right, 0 wrong and 1 unclear, and the checkers couldn’t judge 57. We have since removed the voices behind 110 of those lines (0 wrong, 1 unclear, the rest we had already held for other reasons). Of the 300 lines we still publish, the checkers could judge 268: all 268 right (90% lower bound 0.99). They couldn’t judge the other 32. The check is one sample pooled across the five cities, not of Cardona or of Chicago alone.