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Maria E. Hadden

Alderperson, Ward 49, Chicago City Council

Raised head tax and budget revenue at four meetings.

10 of 19transcribed meetings with their voice identified
4.2min a meeting at the City Council, at least
15questions at the Committee on Budget and Government Operations
16 of 20present at roll calls, from the clerk

Chairs the Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy; sits on 5 more committees

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

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Head tax and budget revenueMaria E. HaddenAlderperson · City Council · Dec 20, 2025 · 2:35:26For me, um, I’ll say, as someone who’s been in this body for more than a handful of years now, but also spent, uh, quite a few years before that working with local governments everywhere, I just want to highlight the real issue, and the real issue with our budget is things cost more. We don’t have enough revenue.Open the meeting at 2:35:26
“We, we had $0 in cost recovery for 2025. It looks like we’re trending that way now. Are we doing anything differently?”Maria E. HaddenMember · Committee on Budget and Government Operations · Jul 16, 2026 · 3:12:54“…the blueprint come with suggested price tags as we are looking at that, or will we maybe see that in a final version after the public comment piece?”Maria E. HaddenMember · Committee on Housing and Real Estate · Jan 14, 2026 · 2:42:06

Officials only. Public speakers are counted, never named.

Issues Hadden raised, by number of meetings

We count who raised an issue, not which side they took.

Where Hadden sits

Ward 49 on the current City Council map

Click a ward to open its member’s page.

Ward 1: Daniel La SpataWard 2: Brian HopkinsWard 3: Pat DowellWard 4: Lamont J. RobinsonWard 5: Desmon C. YancyWard 6: William E. HallWard 7: Gregory MitchellWard 8: Michelle HarrisWard 9: Anthony BealeWard 10: Peter ChicoWard 11: Nicole T. LeeWard 12: Julia M. RamirezWard 13: Marty QuinnWard 14: Jeylu B. GutierrezWard 15: Raymond LopezWard 16: Stephanie D. ColemanWard 17: David MooreWard 18: Derrick G. CurtisWard 19: Matthew J. O'SheaWard 20: Jeanette B. TaylorWard 21: Ronnie L. MosleyWard 22: Michael D. RodriguezWard 23: Silvana TabaresWard 24: Monique L. ScottWard 25: Byron Sigcho-LopezWard 26: Jessica FuentesWard 27: Walter Redmond BurnettWard 28: Jason C. ErvinWard 29: Chris TaliaferroWard 30: Ruth CruzWard 31: Felix Cardona, Jr.Ward 32: Scott WaguespackWard 33: Rossana Rodriguez SanchezWard 34: William ConwayWard 35: Anthony QuezadaWard 36: Gilbert VillegasWard 37: Emma MittsWard 38: Nicholas SposatoWard 39: Samantha NugentWard 40: Andre Vasquez, Jr.Ward 41: Anthony NapolitanoWard 42: Brendan ReillyWard 43: Timmy KnudsenWard 44: Bennett R. LawsonWard 45: James M. GardinerWard 46: Angela ClayWard 47: Matthew J. MartinWard 48: Leni Manaa-HoppenworthWard 49: Maria E. HaddenWard 50: Debra SilversteinCity HallDaniel La Spata · Ward 1Brian Hopkins · Ward 2Pat Dowell · Ward 3Lamont J. Robinson · Ward 4Desmon C. Yancy · Ward 5William E. Hall · Ward 6Gregory Mitchell · Ward 7Michelle Harris · Ward 8Anthony Beale · Ward 9Peter Chico · Ward 10Nicole T. Lee · Ward 11Julia M. Ramirez · Ward 12Marty Quinn · Ward 13Jeylu B. Gutierrez · Ward 14Raymond Lopez · Ward 15Stephanie D. Coleman · Ward 16David Moore · Ward 17Derrick G. Curtis · Ward 18Matthew J. O'Shea · Ward 19Jeanette B. Taylor · Ward 20Ronnie L. Mosley · Ward 21Michael D. Rodriguez · Ward 22Silvana Tabares · Ward 23Monique L. Scott · Ward 24Byron Sigcho-Lopez · Ward 25Jessica Fuentes · Ward 26Walter Redmond Burnett · Ward 27Jason C. Ervin · Ward 28Chris Taliaferro · Ward 29Ruth Cruz · Ward 30Felix Cardona, Jr. · Ward 31Scott Waguespack · Ward 32Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez · Ward 33William Conway · Ward 34Anthony Quezada · Ward 35Gilbert Villegas · Ward 36Emma Mitts · Ward 37Nicholas Sposato · Ward 38Samantha Nugent · Ward 39Andre Vasquez, Jr. · Ward 40Anthony Napolitano · Ward 41Brendan Reilly · Ward 42Timmy Knudsen · Ward 43Bennett R. Lawson · Ward 44James M. Gardiner · Ward 45Angela Clay · Ward 46Matthew J. Martin · Ward 47Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth · Ward 48Maria E. Hadden · Ward 49Debra Silverstein · Ward 50
Maria E. Hadden sits for Ward 49. Click a ward to open its member’s page.Ward lines: Chicago Data Portal, Boundaries - Wards (2023-), p293-wvbd, fetched 2026-10-30.
Every roll call, and Hadden’s other bodies

Present at 16 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 4. 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 →
What they talk about

Commendations, ceremonies and memorials took 23% of Hadden’s speech with a checked topic

By the topic two AI readers agree on for each stretch of their talk, at the City Council and its committees. 154 of 271 minutes of their speech have a checked topic. How much they talk about it, not which side they take.

Commendations, ceremonies and memorials23%
Health and behavioral health5.5%
Housing and tenants2.7%
Development and land use1.3%
Homelessness1.2%
Questions

Hadden asked 15 questions at the four Committee on Budget and Government Operations meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

Of Hadden’s 13 questions to city departments at the Committee on Budget and Government Operations, 5 went to human services, aging, youth.

Who they question: 15 questions to a department, 2 bodies · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 9, 2026.

Committee on Budget and Government Operations13 questions to city departments
Committee on Budget and Government Operations: questions by department
DepartmentShareQuestions
Human services, aging, youth538%
Budget, finance and controller323%
Public health and mental health323%
Environment and climate215%
Committee on Housing and Real Estate2 questions to city departments
Committee on Housing and Real Estate: questions by department
DepartmentShareQuestions
Homelessness services2
Neighborhoods Hadden named

One place Hadden named in meetings

Lines where Hadden named the place, read by two AI readers that both agree it means that place. Each dot plays the newest one; brighter means named more often.

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  • Rogers Park 3 times, the most of any official

Places are drawn at the centre of their own boundary in the city’s Boundaries - Community Areas file (City of Chicago Data Portal). A dot says the place was named, not where Hadden was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Hadden’s voice

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

  1. Oct 8, 2026Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy22.3 min17:32
  2. Oct 8, 2026Committee on Public Safety3.6 min1:22:50
  3. Oct 1, 2026Committee on Health and Human Relations9.1 min1:38:12
  4. Sep 29, 2026City Council4.8 min1:52:36
  5. Sep 23, 2026City Council8.0 min1:03:32
  6. Sep 16, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate5.1 min1:13:20
  7. Sep 1, 2026Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy34.8 min15:34
  8. Jul 16, 2026Committee on Budget and Government Operations5.1 min3:12:37
  9. Jul 15, 2026City Council10.4 min1:34:20
  10. Jul 14, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate0.4 min59:31
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  1. Jul 14, 2026Committee on Health and Human Relations4.9 min45:30
  2. Jul 13, 2026Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy13.7 min6:53
  3. Jul 8, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate2.9 min41:02
  4. Jun 17, 2026City Council12.1 min1:33:12
  5. Jun 9, 2026Committee on Public Safety2.9 min1:25:18
  6. May 20, 2026City Council4.5 min4:16:51
  7. May 13, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate8.3 min1:37:45
  8. May 11, 2026Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy19.8 min7:49
  9. May 7, 2026Committee on Health and Human Relations0.1 min1:50:14
  10. Apr 16, 2026Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight5.1 min55:56
  11. Apr 15, 2026City Council4.1 min1:26:45
  12. Mar 18, 2026City Council11.5 min37:34
  13. Mar 3, 2026Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy11.4 min37:56
  14. Feb 18, 2026City Council5.5 min1:18:26
  15. Feb 3, 2026Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy12.8 min12:36
  16. Jan 21, 2026City Council9.3 min1:07:18
  17. Jan 14, 2026Committee on Housing and Real Estate2.9 min1:17:32
  18. Dec 20, 2025City Council9.7 min2:35:02
  19. Dec 17, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations0.5 min5:20:07
  20. Oct 30, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations13.0 min3:37:17
  21. Oct 29, 2025Committee on Budget and Government Operations11.6 min1:52:31
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

We identified Hadden’s voice at 31 meetings across seven bodies. A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Hadden was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Maria E. Hadden’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 Hadden 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 Hadden or of Chicago alone.