Mayor Lori Lightfoot has now been added to a lawsuit over the removal of a Christopher Columbus statue in the Little Italy neighborhood.
The statue in Arrigo Park was taken down along with others around the city at the height of unrest during the summer of 2020.the lawsuit was filed by the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans who want the statue put back up. They say Mayor Lightfoot violated a park district contract by removing it.
“Through our discussions with the Park District, they made it very clear that their hands are tied because the mayor is pretty much calling the shots,” said Ron Onesti, president of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans. Onesti says the agreement with the Park District states any changes made to the statue must have written consent of the Columbus Statue Committee.
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