{"id":1217908,"date":"2022-01-15T11:34:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T16:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1217908"},"modified":"2022-01-15T11:35:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T16:35:04","slug":"lori-lightfoot-reportedly-called-smash-and-grab-victim-an-idiot-then-his-store-was-cited-for-various-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lori-lightfoot-reportedly-called-smash-and-grab-victim-an-idiot-then-his-store-was-cited-for-various-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Lori Lightfoot Reportedly Called Smash-And-Grab Victim An \u2018Idiot,\u2019 Then His Store Was Cited For Various Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flori-lightfoot-reportedly-called-smash-and-grab-victim-an-idiot-then-his-store-was-cited-for-various-violations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1217908&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Joe Perillo\u2019s business was targeted by smash-and-grab perpetrators, who stole millions of dollars worth of merchandise from his Gold Coast Exotic Motor Cars store. During a meeting with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the mayor reportedly called Perillo an \u201cidiot,\u201d though he didn\u2019t hear the insult.<\/p>\n<p>Days later, Perillo\u2019s business was cited by Chicago officials for various violations, including employees and a customer not wearing face masks, for \u201cstoring, receiving, possessing, selling nineteen bottles of liquor,\u201d and for apparently \u201cinterfering with or obstructing the commissioner\u2019s designee in the performance of duties,\u201d CWB Chicago <a href=\"https:\/\/cwbchicago.com\/2022\/01\/days-after-1-million-smash-and-grab-lightfoot-walked-out-of-meeting-with-idiot-luxury-car-dealer-then-a-city-inspector-showed-up-with-a-ticket-book.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201ct\u2019s almost clich\u00e9. If a business owner angers Chicago City Hall, they can expect to be visited by one of the city\u2019s enthusiastic ticket-writing ordinance enforcers. But that doesn\u2019t really happen \u2026 Right?\u201d the outlet opined.<\/p>\n<p>Two men destroyed a display case in Perillo\u2019s business and stole eight luxury watches worth more than $1 million. Perillo then went on local and national TV to demand the city address the wave of smash-and-grab crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s only a fool who keeps doing things the same way and expects different results. If the Mayor and Kim Foxx don\u2019t do anything to get control of this, it\u2019s not going to get better. It\u2019s going to get worse,\u201d Perillo told CBS2<\/p>\n<p>In another interview, he said: \u201cIf they don\u2019t do anything about this, they\u2019re going to lose a lot of businesses. They lost Macy\u2019s. They\u2019re losing Neiman Marcus. They may lose this store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot went to Perillo\u2019s showroom to meet with the business owner but the conversation reportedly did not go well. One source told CWB Chicago that the mayor called Perillo an \u201cidiot\u201d as she left the showroom. The mayor\u2019s office wouldn\u2019t provide details on the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mayor routinely meets with victims of crime and reached out to Mr. Perillo which resulted in a meeting. The Mayor offered to work with him to address safety and security matters at any of his dealership locations,\u201d a spokesperson told CWB.<\/p>\n<p>Perillo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/lori-lightfoot-chicago-meeting-smash-and-grab-store-heated-meeting\">told<\/a> Fox News that he did not hear the mayor call him an \u201cidiot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not aware that she called me an idiot\u2026 at least she did not say that to me,\u201d Perillo told the outlet. \u201cIn her heart, I believe she is trying her best. That said, we are both passionate individuals and have different views of how to deal with theft. I can report that there was nothing I said that in any way was foolish! I simply wanted to know what her future plans were going forward!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just a day or two after the meeting between Lightfoot and Perillo, a city inspector from the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection cited Gold Coast for health violations. Lightfoot\u2019s spokesperson told CWB Chicago that the citations were \u201cunrelated to the mayor\u2019s meeting with Mr. Perillo.\u201d The spokesperson said the citations came from an anonymous complaint against the business received on December 15.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Perillo\u2019s business was targeted by smash-and-grab perpetrators, who stole millions of dollars worth of merchandise from his Gold Coast Exotic Motor Cars store. During a meeting with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the mayor reportedly called Perillo an \u201cidiot,\u201d though he didn\u2019t hear the insult. 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