James Suh says Ald. James Gardiner (45th) retaliated against him after getting publicly criticized.
-- A man accusing a Northwest Side alderman of trying to intimidate and silence him now says he wants that alderman's job.Ald. James Gardiner The feud started more than a year ago. The claims against the alderman that resulted got him in trouble with the city's Board of Ethics – and the matter is now in court.
While that case between Suh and Gardiner is still pending, Suh is planning to file his petition to run for Gardiner's seat next week. Suh knows he entered the aldermanic race late in the game. But that did not deter him from getting more than 11,000 petition signatures in just the past few weeks to run against Gardiner."Sure, I definitely do have concerns," Suh said."I do have my wife. I have my two young kids about. But then at the same time, I just can't really back down in the face of retaliation or intimidation.
Suh is referring to texts between Gardiner and a staffer, exchanged after Suh criticized the alderman at a 2019 rally. They discussed using a staffer's family connection to get a hold of Suh's past arrest record and mug shot.In September of last year,
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