The self-described “super mayor” of a small Illinois town has hit back at those who criticize her almost $300,000 salary and brazen use of public funds on flights, steakhouses and billboards — while her village faces a deficit.
Democrat Tiffany Henyard, elected as mayor of Dolton in 2021, claimed at a public meeting on Monday her critics are simply upset because she is a black woman in power.
“You all should be ashamed of yourselves because you all are black. You all are black,” the glamorous mayor said during the livestreamed meeting. “And you all [are] sitting up here beating and attacking a black woman that’s in power.”
Henyard, who also serves as the Thornton Township supervisor, went on to hit out at her own village trustees, who filed a lawsuit against her, alleging she forged checks and withheld financial records.
“You all forget I’m the leader. They want to hear from the mayor,” she said of the 20,000 residents. “You ain’t learned that yet.”
“The mayor — not the trustees that don’t do nothing. They only run their mouth,” she continued, clearly vexed.
“You all don’t do no work, no work.”
According to copies of the township’s credit card statements obtained by WGN9, taxpayers forked over more than $67,000 on Henyard’s trips to destinations including Austin, Atlanta and New York City, often flying first class.
In Atlanta, Henyard and her advisors stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel, spending about $9,347 there, and in New York, the group stayed at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, where the hotel charged them $13,098.
Other charges show the township — where the median annual salary of residents is $24,000 —racked up more than $23,000 in restaurant charges across the state from July through November.
Nakita Cloud, who served for a short time as Henyard’s chief of staff in Dolton, said she would regularly invite her aides and supporters to dine at upscale restaurants at the taxpayers’ expense — even though they did not actually discuss government business.
Besides the alleged frivolous spending, Henyard also sparked outrage over a controversial salary plan she successfully proposed for Thornton Township, which critics claim was a strategy to discourage anyone from running against her.
Henyard, who collectively earns a $285,000 salary from her two positions, proposed a nearly 90% cut to her salary if someone else wins her spot in the next election, Fox 32 reported. However, if Henyard is re-elected, her salary would remain the same.
Still, Henyard claims she is still a loyal servant to the residents.
“Everything we do is for the people… but we’re under attack,” she told residents at the meeting on Monday.
“We get scrutinized by the media. For what? Loving on the people? Showing that they matter to us?
“We go through the fires for you all,” she claimed.
Read in link how she assigns police officers to guard her instead of patrolling the community.
‘Super mayor’ of Illinois town who spends lavishly on flights, steakhouses while village faces debt slams critics ‘attacking a black woman in power’
Tiffany Henyard, a Democrat who was elected to mayor of Dolton in 2021, claimed at a public meeting on Monday her critics are just upset because she is a black woman in power.
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You get what you vote for, also when you don't vote this is what you get.
If this woman runs again for any political office and wins it is the people that are at fault.
“You ain’t learned that yet.” - no person in authority should use the word "ain't." I could go on but she presents herself as uneducated and uncouth.