Left: Ald. Jim Gardiner Right: Local business owner James Suh poses for a portrait across the street from the Clarendale development, 4747 W. Irving Park Rd., at the Six Corners in Portage Park on Sept. 8, 2021. [Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago]

A business owner and Old Irving Park resident is suing Ald. Jim Gardiner (45) after leaked text messages showed the alderman used city resources in a revenge plot against him.