Referendum battle showcases tension between Mayor Johnson and City Council

A meeting Wednesday to determine what advisory referendums get on the November and February ballots turned into a legislative spitball fight that showcased mounting tension between Mayor Brandon Johnson and an emboldened City Council. The same renegade bloc of conservative Democrats that rejected Johnson’s corporate head tax in favor of an alternative budget rammed through their own carefully crafted ballot questions. But not before a contentious back-and-forth between the warring factions…