Now that the gloves have come off in the relationship between the D.C. Council and Mayor Adrian Fenty, it’s apparently time for more of their amusingly petty disagreements to become public. The Post has a hilarious story in today’s District Extra about a brewing battle over exactly how the city’s allotment of free Wizards tickets will be distributed.

Turns out last week the mayor’s office slyly attempted to pick up all 24 tickets for the city’s fancy box at the Verizon Center — the one Abe Pollin gave in return to the District government for approving that $50 million gift to upgrade the Phone Booth. But some brilliant employee in the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, which handles the tickets, decided that didn’t seem quite right, and alerted enough council members of the attempt to throw the city’s Wizards box into a hotbed of political rancor. Council members are demanding they get some of the tickets, too — though they’re trying to do it quietly.

Those council members aware of the tiff have been trying to keep it on the down low because it seems petty in comparison to bigger issues, such as the closing of 23 schools or the tax scandal.

But losing seats in the box could mark another lost battle for control. One council member said, “It’s the principle.”

The Post apparently decided to leave it up to us to guess which council member said this, so feel free to speculate in comments.

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