One of the most controversial mayors in the country is in trouble again after Tuesday evening's public board meeting in Thornton Township, Illinois, went completely off the rails and the police were called.
Tiffany Henyard, Democratic mayor of Dalton Village and Thornton Township supervisor, got into an argument with the board's attorney, accusing the board of attacking her by bringing up her spending habits. A video of the meeting shows:
As controversy swirls around Henyard's extravagance, $85,000 party Music Performance by Singer Kike Wyatt and Rapper J. Holiday, Her Terrible Online Shopping invoiceher alleged participation cover up Thornton Township has been active after one of her co-workers was accused of sexual assault and other scandals. without it CBS News reported that the plan is to create a financial budget.
The newspaper said board members had “requested” Mr Henyard to “increase spending transparency”.
Just minutes into the meeting, Henyard was engaged in a back-and-forth with attorney Eric Stach about budget items that had allegedly already been “approved.”
“No, these issues are now being brought before the board to comply with the new event ordinance because these are events that need to be approved pursuant to the new event ordinance,” Stack said.
“Okay, I don't agree with what the lawyer said,” Henyard said with a smile on his face.
A special investigation conducted by former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot revealed that Dalton's general fund balance had declined significantly under the Henyard administration. dropped Fox News reported that in just two years, the deficit went from a deficit of $5.61 million to a deficit of $3.65 million.
Tens of thousands of dollars were spent on Amazon orders in just one day.
“Lori Lightfoot has done a tremendous job in Dalton,” Thornton Township Trustee Carmen Carlisle said of the investigation at Tuesday’s meeting. “I welcome her to come here to Thornton Township and do the same thing.”
Henyard fired back by claiming the town was already in the red before he took office.
“This is what I mean about my board,” said the disgraced boss. “There is a lot of hatred, jealousy and envy among them towards their superiors.”
At one point, Henyard claimed, “I'm Thornton Township,” as the crowd gasped.
“I'm the leader of Thornton Township. I'm the supervisor of Thornton Township,” Henyard said. “And I'm going to ask you all to respect me and stop playing these games every time you come to a meeting.”
“Respect is earned. It's not demanded,” Carlisle retorted.
As the board continued to discuss Mr. Carlyle's spending, Mr. Henyard said that Mr. Carlyle was “always lying.”
“No, you always lie,” the trustee replied.
Resident Paul Roberts criticized Henyard towards the end of the meeting, saying she was acting “like an animal”, sparking protests from the crowd. A clip of the chaotic moment shared by User X on social media shows Mr Roberts surrounded by other residents and shouted at.
That's when police were called to the meeting, according to CBS. It is unclear whether any arrests were made.
The police called Last year, Fox News reported that Dalton Village's town hall meetings were broken up “multiple times.”
In one incident in April, police had to break up a meeting after an altercation between Henyard and a resident got out of control.
In June, police once again had to break up a “brawl” between pro- and anti-Henyard residents.
