The decision to lift the Chicago ban on video gambling terminals has divided the City Council and exacerbated tensions between alderpersons and Mayor Brandon Johnson.
On Thursday, a new and potentially broader front opened in the ongoing battle.
Johnson asked the Council’s Committee on Workforce Development to meet Monday to consider direct introduction of an ordinance that would “authorize one or more agreements with the casino developer to enhance casino workforce capability to disallow video gaming terminals. ”
“There’s some aldermen who are concerned about what this would mean for Bally’s operations in the city of Chicago, and their commitments to the city,” Workforce Development Chair Mike Rodriguez (22nd) told the Sun-Times.
