Residents lash out at Illinois mayor for lavish spending – Washington Examiner
During a recent budget meeting in Thornton Township, Illinois, tensions escalated as residents criticized township supervisor Tiffany Henyard for her extravagant spending practices. The meeting aimed to address the absence of a fiscal budget but quickly shifted focus when trustee Carmen Carlisle raised concerns about Henyard’s history of expensive expenditures on taxpayer money. Carlisle referenced a thorough investigation by former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, which revealed Henyard’s misuse of village funds, including significant personal expenditures such as nearly $43,000 on Amazon in a single day and trips funded by credit cards. As the argument intensified, police had to be called to restore order.
Meeting devolves into chaos as residents lash out at Illinois mayor for lavish spending
Police were called during a Thornton Township, Illinois, budget meeting when an argument broke out between township supervisor Tiffany Henyard and a township trustee.
The meeting was set to address the fact that the township was operating without a fiscal budget, but trustee Carmen Carlisle shifted the focus to Henyard’s history of lavish spending on the taxpayer’s dollar.
Carlisle applauded former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for her investigation into Henyard’s spending habits as the mayor of Dolton, Illinois, a suburb of the Windy City.
Lightfoot’s audit revealed that under Henyard’s leadership, the village’s credit cards paid for nine domestic trips, $43,000 spent on Amazon in one day, $8,000 of purchases at Wayfair, and $2,000 spent at Best Buy.
“These are somebody using the credit card and charging these amounts using your tax dollars,” Lightfoot said.
Lightfoot found Dolton’s general fund balance at a $3.65 million deficit. When Heynard took office in April 2022, the town had a surplus of $5.6 million.
“I would welcome her to come and do the same thing here at Thornton Township,” Carlisle said.
Henyard accused Carlisle of attacking her.
“This is what I mean about my board,” Henyard said, per CBS News Chicago. “It’s a lot of hate, jealousy, and envy amongst them towards their supervisor.”
Carlisle and Henyard then began to argue, accusing each other of being liars.
At one point during public comment, someone compared Henyard to an animal, prompting the police to be called.
This is not the first time authorities have been called into a meeting involving Henyard. In April, law enforcement shut down a Dolton town hall meeting over safety concerns that a brawl would break out involving Henyard and residents.
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