Lawyers for the owner of a proposed Southeast Side scrap-metal operation plan to grill a pair of city officials under oath in a challenge to Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s decision earlier this year to block the controversial business from opening due to pollution and health concerns.
Following a recent court win, they’ll also be armed with what they claim is a key piece of evidence — a confidential draft permit prepared by the city that was not issued but laid out terms for the business to open. That document, the lawyers claim, shows that city officials were close to approving the relocated, rebranded General Iron car-shredding business to East 116th Street along the Calumet River, only to have that decision reversed later for what they claim were political reasons.
