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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s advisory referendum on millionaires tax shot down in latest Council rebellion – Chicago Sun-Times

It was retiring Ald. Marty Quinn who led the charge to checkmate Johnson, accusing the mayor of attempting to run roughshod over Council rules simply because he “can’t get his act together” before the late August deadline to place advisory questions on the November ballot. Johnson has repeatedly gone around Robert’s Rules of Order.

Should City Seek Compensation For Midway Blitz? 7 Ballot Referendums Advanced By Council

Alderpeople blocked two proposed referendum questions pitched by Mayor Brandon Johnson while approving ones on whether the city should bring back gunshot detection technology and if it should establish a dedicated festival grounds.

Johnson’s advisory referendum on millionaires tax shot down in latest Council rebellion – Usa news503 Service Unavailable

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s bid to pressure the Illinois General Assembly to pass a tax on millionaires by putting an advisory referendum on the Chicago ballot was shot down Thursday in the latest act of defiance by an already emboldened City Council. Johnson waited until the last Rules Committee meeting before the August recess to introduce the millionaires tax referendum directly to committee. But members of the rebel bloc that rejected Johnson’s …