Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza walked a tightrope over the past four years, avoiding publicly praising or condemning a proposed scrap-metal operation in her Southeast Side ward, despite furious opposition from some residents.
Until recently, that is, when she launched into an almost 20-minute defense of the project on a podcast interview, lashing out at community groups, environmentalists, the media, City Hall, Chicago’s public health commissioner and, most notably, her political ally Mayor Lori Lightfoot for preventing the business from opening in her ward.
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