Shame on Elgin!!

Elgin had made it on our list of business unfriendly towns.  Marc Mylott, Director of Community Development found a way to make a sensible deal crash and burn when they denied a swimming pool contractor the right to purchase and occupy a metal building on 6 acres out in the country when their zoning code specifically lists "contractors office and equipment areas" as a permitted use.  His narrow interpretation of the definition of contractors office caused a $300,000 deal to  vanish in thin air.  No attempt  was made to try to find a solution which is where I have my real problem.  Elgin, the "City in the Suburbs" is Chasing Business away.  That should be their slogan.  Shame on Elgin!