Chicago’s City Council Spends One-Third of Its Meetings on Honorary Speeches – Better Government Association

"Worthy though the topics of most resolutions might be, there’s limited public value in allowing them to take up more than a third of the City Council’s legislative agenda. Alderpersons have real and pressing policy challenges to address, and they draw substantial salaries to do so. "

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