Algonquin Township officials challenged the power of Highway Commissioner Andrew Gasser and tried to control budget-busting legal spending. Now he's suing them for it. A new lawsuit naming the supervisor and all but one Algonquin Township trustee was filed Thursday in McHenry County Circuit Court. Robert Hanlon – the $400-an-hour Woodstock attorney representing Gasser in multiple lawsuits – alleges in the new lawsuit that township officials "unlawfully restricted and interfered" with Gasser’s "constitutionally protected interests as an elected official to run a unit of local government." The lawsuit appeared on the website of the Edgar County Watchdogs under the headline "Algonquin Township being sued for actions taken beyond their authority." "The lawsuit is about the township board commanding another unit of government to adopt policies in violation of known legal precedent," Hanlon said in an email. Township officials – minus Trustee Rachael Lawrence – broke the law when they voted to slash Gasser's proposed legal budget from $250,000 to $150,000, the lawsuit says.