It certainly appears that way.
Why would they effectively cut off or remove access road to his business though? Why is a cement plant going in, mutually exclusive to his muffler shop? I mean couldn’t they have both, don’t cities want the tax revenue after all? It doesn’t make sense unless they had a hard on for this guy for (previous) disputes?
It sure illustrates the fact that people may have no effective redress against an out of control government when it goes rogue.
Well the kicker was they let the cement plant destroy his sewer line access, didnt fine the cement plant for doing so, and then fined him for “not being connected”.
That is deliberately fuching someone over under color of law. And also using a private party to cause another private party damage, to do your dirty work for you.