The New Orleans City Council Aug. 7 overrode Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s veto of a plan to allow voters to weigh in on a proposed home rule charter change barring the city attorney from representing either the mayor or council in cases between the two branches of the government.
The override was made by a unanimous vote of the council.
Under the Cantrell administration, the city attorney’s office has often operated as her attorney in disputes with the city council. The current city attorney, Donesia Turner, is a close ally of Cantrell…