Stephanie D. Coleman
Alderperson, Ward 16, Chicago City CouncilWe identified Coleman’s voice at 16 meetings across five bodies. Named Englewood most often: four times.
Also sits on 4 committees
Next City Council meeting: Mon, Nov 2, 10:00 am · Agenda
One clip, newest first
“Commissioner, of the 222 applicants, Who exactly is, you know, not everyone’s liquor license is up to date, or, you know, if they’re building code violations, who from your office will be overseeing this, even vetting the applicant?”
Issues Coleman raised, by number of meetings
- Casino1 meeting
Ward 16 on the current City Council map
Every roll call, and Coleman’s other bodies
Present at 18 of 20 roll calls at the City Council
- Committee on License and Consumer Protection: 0.9 min of speech a meeting, range 0.4–1.8. In the same range as 10 other members.
- Committee on Education and Child Development: talk time not compared. Seated for only 2 meetings in 12 months.
- Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity: talk time not compared. Seated for only 2 meetings in 12 months.
- Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation: talk time not compared. Seated for only 3 meetings in 12 months.
- Committee on License and Consumer Protection: present at 9 of 10 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation: present at 1 of 2 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
- Committee on Workforce Development: present at 3 of 5 roll calls. Official roll call, from the clerk
Coleman asked 14 questions at the five Committee on License and Consumer Protection meetings where we identified them
Of Coleman’s 12 questions to city departments at the Committee on License and Consumer Protection, 12 went to economic development, business and licensing.
| Department | Share | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Economic development, business and licensing | 12100% |
4 places Coleman named in meetings
- Englewood 4 times
- Chatham 1 time
- New City 1 time
- South Shore 1 time
Every meeting where we identified Coleman’s voice
- Sep 23, 2026City Council5.2 min1:13:20
- Jul 15, 2026City Council1.1 min1:24:00
- Jul 7, 2026Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation1.4 min1:08:31
- Jun 17, 2026City Council3.8 min1:08:37
- May 26, 2026Committee on Education and Child Development2.6 min2:59:19
- May 20, 2026City Council1.7 min3:24:22
- May 5, 2026Committee on License and Consumer Protection3.2 min1:08:14
- Apr 15, 2026City Council3.5 min3:28:39
- Apr 13, 2026Committee on License and Consumer Protection2.3 min1:28:46
- Mar 18, 2026City Council2.6 min1:00:48
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- Mar 12, 2026Committee on License and Consumer Protection1.0 min42:45
- Feb 18, 2026City Council3.7 min1:52:34
- Jan 22, 2026Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity1.0 min1:54:44
- Jan 13, 2026Committee on License and Consumer Protection0.6 min28:00
- Dec 3, 2025Committee on License and Consumer Protection2.4 min1:09:16
- Nov 14, 2025City Council0.1 min1:17:51
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 Coleman was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Stephanie D. Coleman’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 Coleman 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 Coleman or of Chicago alone.