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Tiffany Henyard controversy: Residents denied public comment in board meeting
fox32chicago.com ^ | February 15, 2024 | Dane Placko

Posted on 02/18/2024 7:03:14 AM PST by lowbridge

The sign outside Thornton Township's office in South Holland reads, "Welcome to Thornton Township. People working with people." But when residents showed up Tuesday night to speak at a public board meeting, they got anything but a warm welcome.

"When I arrived there was security here," said Stephanie Wiedeman, a former township employee and frequent Henyard critic. "He was standing at the bottom of the stairs preventing anybody from going up to the boardroom. I asked him if the meeting was downstairs, he replied yes."

Wiedeman and a handful of other residents wanted to speak directly to Supervisor Tiffany Henyard, who has generated controversy for spending hundreds of thousands of tax dollars on trips, police security, billboards, and her own personal charity.

"I'm just curious to see who makes the decisions about how our tax dollars are being spent," said Thornton Township resident Paul Robertz, who also tried to attend the meeting. But they never got that chance.

After being blocked from going to the boardroom upstairs, the residents were sent to the basement where they were told the township board meeting would be held. It wasn't. They say they asked for a signup sheet for public comment and never got it. And before they knew what had happened, the four-minute meeting upstairs was over and Henyard was gone, without hearing from her constituents.

"They are violating our rights," said Wiedeman. "I pay taxes here. I have a right to get up and speak whether this administration likes it or not."

Not only were the residents shut out, so was a local newspaper reporter who came to cover the meeting.

"I was told by a security guard that I was not allowed upstairs where the boardroom meeting is," said Josh Bootsma, managing editor of the Lansing Journal.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: dolton; illinois
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To: Cowgirl of Justice
We need to go beyond mere separation within this country.

I am talking about incentivizing blacks to resettle to their own homeland in Sub-Saharan Africa. The schism here is so huge now. If you're ever on X there are literally dozens of videos PER DAY of blacks beating the crap out of each other or blacks beating up Whites. Blacks committing crimes, stealing. It's all so tiresome.

21 posted on 02/18/2024 7:26:42 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Free Republic's most controversial and outspoken FReeper)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Black women are the most corrupt if they get into power. They get greedy and have no problem engaging in all kinds of corruption for money.

The men are not a bad as the women when it comes to this.


22 posted on 02/18/2024 7:28:24 AM PST by dforest
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To: lowbridge

It is amazing she has not been arrested, its looking like a SNL skit.


23 posted on 02/18/2024 7:28:38 AM PST by big bad easter bunny
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To: lowbridge

This is what the Definition of “Honest Services Fraud” should be, right here and in your face. It should also be a FELONY and everyone DENIED their rights should be entitled to Civil Damages from each of them Personally.


24 posted on 02/18/2024 7:30:51 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: lowbridge

Wow! Her character shines like a beacon on a hilltop. 13/50


25 posted on 02/18/2024 7:31:27 AM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: dforest

Of course, that’s why black men are running away from them in droves. There’s a movement of blacks who seek out Asian and Eastern European women.


26 posted on 02/18/2024 7:31:40 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Free Republic's most controversial and outspoken FReeper)
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To: lowbridge
Supervisor Tiffany Henyard, who has generated controversy for spending hundreds of thousands of tax dollars on trips, police security, billboards, and her own personal charity.

If this is true, someone needs to file a suit against her. Time to put these "Fanni-wantabees" behind bars. The tax payers are tired to being politicians' piggy bank,

27 posted on 02/18/2024 7:32:31 AM PST by econjack
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To: lowbridge

They get what they deserve.


28 posted on 02/18/2024 7:33:21 AM PST by anton
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To: Red Badger
Dolton is a suburb ... of Dolts.
29 posted on 02/18/2024 7:33:58 AM PST by RideForever (Damn, another dangling par .....)
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To: lowbridge

Shitcago suburb.


30 posted on 02/18/2024 7:34:05 AM PST by wetgundog
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To: lowbridge
Henyard is pictured in her official portrait.
Tiffany Henyard
31 posted on 02/18/2024 7:37:26 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Red Badger

Odd, state of Illinois won’t step in to ‘touch’ her. Even the feds won’t step in. Whole thing ought to be written into a TV script.


32 posted on 02/18/2024 7:41:55 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: lowbridge

No5hing shows fear more than a group in power who refuse to allow their constituents the right to question them openly and freely


33 posted on 02/18/2024 7:42:40 AM PST by Bob434
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To: lowbridge

What the HECK is a Super Mayor?

I doesn’t sound like a good thing.


34 posted on 02/18/2024 7:45:11 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: lowbridge

Now we know why people like Emile Zola were so important and needed- they shook their fists in the ,face of tyranical government- tyranical governments fear people who have the right to free speech, and exercise it!


35 posted on 02/18/2024 7:45:57 AM PST by Bob434
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To: lowbridge
There has been a lot of articles about the entitled black female crook Tiffany Henyard in the past couple days. One thing people may not know is she absconded with the town funds, did not pay what was due on city vehicles, and those vehicles are about to be repossessed! She blew the money on vacations and other finery. Whoever would have suspected a black female politician to behave like that?

The looming repossession angle is not getting reported.

Bank threatens to repossess Village of Dolton vehicles due to $76k overdue payment

36 posted on 02/18/2024 7:56:30 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: eyeamok

Same thing they got ex-Gov Blago for, but this admin will never take the case


37 posted on 02/18/2024 7:56:56 AM PST by darkangel82
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Don’t look now, but there are plenty of white American men doing the same thing. Purple-haired tatted up feminists generally aren’t desirable mates for conservative men.


38 posted on 02/18/2024 7:59:03 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Red Badger

bttt


39 posted on 02/18/2024 8:08:54 AM PST by linMcHlp
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To: Robert DeLong

Ya she should be caring for the chickens in the Henyard


40 posted on 02/18/2024 8:38:56 AM PST by butlerweave
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