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Scott Waguespack

Alderperson, Ward 32, Chicago City Council

Raised TIF districts at five meetings.

6 of 19transcribed meetings with their voice identified
1.6min a meeting at the City Council, at least
42questions at the Committee on Finance
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

Seven clips, newest first

Head tax and budget revenue“We don’t represent political interests or ideologies. We represent the people who are paying into the system. So going into a couple of things that you brought up there, the TIF surplus— has the reliance on this one-time revenue source, the TIF surplus, now hitting over $1 billion, been a factor in this cash flow problem?”Scott WaguespackMember · Committee on Finance · Feb 9, 2026 · 2:43:47Play at 2:43:47
“…if we budget for $31 million and we have to return those funds on top of litigation fees What is the budget department prepared to do to find those funds?”Scott WaguespackMember · Committee on Finance · Jun 15, 2026 · 1:36:10Play at 1:36:10
“…a lot of these questions I think can be answered if, if he were here to, uh, as the primary point person in the mayor’s office, to Emily, is there a way we could get Jason Lee down here?”Scott WaguespackMember · Committee on License and Consumer Protection · Sep 9, 2026 · 1:33:11Play at 1:33:11
“And then what’s your vacancy rate now compared to the rest of the Loop area?”Scott WaguespackMember · Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development · Jul 9, 2026 · 1:07:34Play at 1:07:34
“And what was the purchase price of the building? I think it was $8.2 million.”Scott WaguespackMember · Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development · Nov 10, 2025 · 52:47Play at 52:47
“HR, Board of Ethics, on any violation like this, send it to the OIG. HR and ethics have repeatedly failed to take on that task. So what would be the difference here if somebody engaged in that same exact political work or prohibited political work or activity under this entity.”Scott WaguespackMember · Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight · May 19, 2026 · 2:24:35Play at 2:24:35
“…is there any capital outlay by the city in the surrounding sections of this easement that are contemplated? So for instance, they’re getting an easement along Chicago.”Scott WaguespackMember · Committee on Transportation and Public Way · Jul 8, 2026 · 53:17Play at 53:17

Officials only. Public speakers are counted, never named.

Issues Waguespack raised, by number of meetings

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

Where Waguespack sits

Ward 32 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
Scott Waguespack sits for Ward 32. 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 Waguespack’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 →
Questions

Waguespack asked 42 questions at the 14 Committee on Finance meetings where we identified them

At least this many: direct questions only.

Of Waguespack’s 38 questions to city departments at the Committee on Finance, 25 went to city attorney / law department.

Who they question: 54 questions to a department, 4 bodies · Oct 24, 2025 – Oct 9, 2026.

Committee on Finance38 questions to city departments
Committee on Finance: questions by department
DepartmentShareQuestions
City attorney / law department2566%
Budget, finance and controller1129%
Planning and zoning25%
Committee on Transportation and Public Way8 questions to city departments
Committee on Transportation and Public Way: questions by department
DepartmentShareQuestions
Transportation and transit8100%
Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development4 questions to city departments
Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development: questions by department
DepartmentShareQuestions
Planning and zoning2
Technology1
Transportation and transit1
Committee on License and Consumer Protection4 questions to city departments
Committee on License and Consumer Protection: questions by department
DepartmentShareQuestions
City attorney / law department3
Mayor's office1
Neighborhoods Waguespack named

One place Waguespack named in meetings

Lines where Waguespack 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.

Chicago
  • Loop 1 time

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 Waguespack was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Waguespack’s voice

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

  1. Oct 7, 2026Committee on Transportation and Public Way1.8 min1:33:33
  2. Oct 1, 2026Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight10.0 min44:56
  3. Sep 29, 2026City Council9.1 min1:23:41
  4. Sep 24, 2026Committee on Finance2.3 min2:33:27
  5. Sep 23, 2026City Council1.4 min2:56:10
  6. Sep 22, 2026Committee on Finance3.9 min3:03:15
  7. Sep 14, 2026Committee on Finance1.3 min1:18:26
  8. Sep 9, 2026Committee on Transportation and Public Way1.2 min34:43
  9. Sep 9, 2026Committee on License and Consumer Protection6.9 min1:32:59
  10. Jul 14, 2026Committee on Transportation and Public Way8.6 min1:07:13
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  1. Jul 13, 2026Committee on Finance0.1 min1:22:19
  2. Jul 9, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development0.7 min1:07:48
  3. Jul 8, 2026Committee on Transportation and Public Way2.1 min53:04
  4. Jun 25, 2026Committee on Finance4.6 min1:04:45
  5. Jun 15, 2026Committee on Finance2.3 min1:36:05
  6. Jun 11, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development0.2 min1:12:09
  7. Jun 10, 2026Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight5.4 min1:10:21
  8. May 20, 2026City Council11.5 min3:26:07
  9. May 19, 2026Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight8.9 min34:09
  10. May 18, 2026Committee on Finance2.3 min1:54:24
  11. May 13, 2026Committee on Transportation and Public Way7.7 min1:18:52
  12. May 11, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development2.9 min2:43:07
  13. Apr 15, 2026City Council0.5 min2:50:06
  14. Apr 13, 2026Committee on Finance2.2 min2:24:48
  15. Apr 9, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development1.7 min49:32
  16. Apr 9, 2026Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation8.2 min58:00
  17. Mar 18, 2026City Council2.2 min3:36:42
  18. Mar 16, 2026Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight1.5 min23:56
  19. Mar 13, 2026Committee on Transportation and Public Way2.5 min54:55
  20. Mar 12, 2026Committee on License and Consumer Protection0.3 min44:19
  21. Feb 18, 2026City Council4.9 min1:12:48
  22. Feb 11, 2026Committee on Finance0.1 min2:00:02
  23. Feb 10, 2026Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development1.5 min39:29
  24. Feb 9, 2026Committee on Finance8.0 min2:24:46
  25. Jan 14, 2026Committee on Finance2.3 min53:19
  26. Dec 16, 2025Committee on Finance3.3 min1:21:29
  27. Nov 17, 2025Committee on Finance0.9 min2:09:02
  28. Nov 10, 2025Committee on Finance0.1 min1:24:55
  29. Nov 10, 2025Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development1.3 min17:18
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 Waguespack’s voice at 39 meetings across seven bodies. A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Waguespack was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Scott Waguespack’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 Waguespack 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 Waguespack or of Chicago alone.