<p>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.</p><p>On Thursday, a new and potentially broader front opened in the ongoing battle.</p><p>Johnson asked the City 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.”</p><p>“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. “This ordinance, if passed as it is," would repeal video gambling citywide and “start a conversation about revenue.”</p><p>Pressed on whether Johnson has the votes for a citywide repeal, Rodriguez said, “They’re whipping it,” the legislative term for attempting to round up the votes.</p><p>“There’ll be discussions over the weekend and on Monday in the committee, and we’ll see where folks are at. I hear smart people...