https://www.foxnews.com/media/...woman-power-spending

Democratic Mayor of Dolton, Illinois, Tiffany Henyard launched a tirade at fellow officials during a livestreamed meeting on Monday after questions were raised about her controversial spending and transparency.

WGN Investigates reported that Henyard’s opponents on the local board say they "don’t trust that money is going to where it’s intended so they’ve blocked attempts to pay bills that don’t come with detailed explanations."

Fox News Digital previously reported that Henyard has been living like a royal with a combined salary of nearly $300K and frequent use of beauty vendors despite the median income of the Illinois town being $24K. In addition to a hefty paycheck, Henyard has been criticized for how she uses the town's credit card.

Henyard slammed her fellow officials at the Monday meeting and declared, "You all forget I’m the leader. They want to hear from the mayor. You all ain’t learned that yet. The mayor, not the trustees that don’t do nothing. They only run their mouth. You all don’t do no work, no work!"

At one point during the meeting, Dolton trustee Brittney Norwood asked, "How about you be a good leader and bring [proposals] to the forefront so not just us, but residents and everyone else in America know how the money is being spent."

Norwood was party to a lawsuit that accused the mayor of actions that amounted to "fraud," according to a complaint reviewed by Fox News Digital.

Later during the meeting, Henyard proclaimed, "Y’all got false narratives out there, and y’all should be ashamed of y’all selves. Y’all Black. Y’all are Black! And y’all sitting up here beating and attacking on a Black woman that’s in power. Y’all should be ashamed of y’all selves."

WGN Investigates reported that it has cataloged "tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars spent on trips, meals and more by Henyard and her allies in Dolton and on the Thornton Township board where she’s the supervisor."

The same report went on to say, "Township credit card records show Henyard and other officials spent more than $67,000 on trips to Portland, Austin, Atlanta and New York City. Many of the flights were first class. So were the accommodations. In Atlanta, Henyard and her team stayed at the Four Seasons hotel costing taxpayers more than $9,000. In New York, the bill came to $13,000."

Henyard has reportedly refused to explain the specific purpose of these trips or the highly priced services she employs, but appears to have claimed such scrutiny qualifies as an "attack" on her leadership.

"Everything we do is for the people. But we’re under attack. We get scrutinized by the media," she said. "For what? Loving on the people? Showing that they matter to us? We going through the fires for you all."

The Illinois Attorney General has reportedly given the foundation until the middle of February to demonstrate how it spends its money or face legal action.

Book In Photo of the Mayor in 3...2...1!

It'll be tough to continue her "work" after her involuntary relocation to Joliet.

You can take the girl out of the ghetto...

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:

Book In Photo of the Mayor in 3...2...1

Why am I not surprised to hear the Mayor of Dolton speaking this way:

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"You all forget I’m the leader. They want to hear from the mayor. You all ain’t learned that yet. The mayor, not the trustees that don’t do nothing. They only run their mouth. You all don’t do no work, no work!"

I lived in Harvey for a time back in the 80s. That whole area was a shithole then, I can only imagine how bad it's gotten nowadays.

I'm just going to have to bite my tongue.

class act

awesome command of the English language

a fine example for ... hard to come up with one

Ah! Got it! "Y’all Black. Y’all are Black! And y’all sitting up here beating and attacking on a Black woman..." Now...if I was a WHITE mayor then this scrutiny would be proper. But 'cause I'm Black I should gets a pass.

I shall be kind.

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The mayor, not the trustees that don’t do nothing. They only run their mouth. You all don’t do no work, no work!"

Double negative translation, ""trustees are not idle, they talk, and they work."

Did I miss something?

This is all so tiresome.

She claims those who are questioning her spending are doing so based on her skin color and apparently, she should get a pass on that basis alone without considering that perhaps they are more focused on the content of her character.

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I lived in Harvey for a time back in the 80s. That whole area was a shithole then, I can only imagine how bad it's gotten nowadays.

I work there now. Complete shithole. I brought a dog I was pet sitting to work recently and walked all around town. Half the houses are abandoned and in complete disrepair. It's so weird. You'll have a fairly well-kept house, and right next door, a dilapidated one with the roof completely caved in. Also, I've never seen so many little churches sprinkled all around town.

from a video at the OP link

Here is the "racist" city council

Racist and sexist….

The FBI is reportedly probing misconduct allegations regarding Dolton, Illinois Mayor Tiffany Henyard after a local business owner claimed he was punished for refusing to donate to an event the mayor held.

Henyard had previously posted an Instagram video of herself chatting with Biden from when she attended a press conference at the White House on Jan. 19, during the U.S. Conference of Mayors' annual winter meeting.

According to FOX 32, a Dolton-based U-Haul rental and trucking business owner named Lawrence Gardner said he went to the FBI out of frustration that the Village of Dolton would not renew his business license. He claims he has suffered from harassment, raids on his business and being shut down by Dolton Police. Gardner believes it’s retaliation after he refused to donate to a civic event sponsored by Henyard.

Gardner is one of six individuals who have reportedly spoken to the FBI about Henyard’s conduct, including other business owners, a former village employee and one or more public officials.

FOX 32 also cited restauranteur Dewayne Wood, who also has faced difficulties trying to renew his business license for his business for almost a year.

While he has reportedly not spoken to the FBI, Wood believes that he has faced difficulties getting "Wood’s Kitchen" approved because he has catered to Dolton trustees who are engaged in a political battle with Henyard.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/...zed-biden-last-month

I grew up in Dolton. It was a *little different* back in the 1960s and 70s.

They’re not attacking a black woman they are attacking the behavior.

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Y’all Black. Y’all are Black! And y’all sitting up here beating and attacking on a Black woman that’s in power. Y’all should be ashamed of y’all selves."

I don't understand why black people are supposed allow a Mayor to steal from them just because they happen to have the same color skin. A thief is a thief no matter their skin color.

I’ve seen several stories about this woman and town over the last year. It appears that the Dalton PD is as crooked as she is, since they seem to serve as her henchmen when she’s harassing her opponents. Where is the State of Illinois in all this? I would think the state would get involved before the Feds.