A Thornton Township, Illinois board of trustees meeting was marred by a massive brawl after a resident called out Democratic Mayor Tiffany Henyard of Dolton, Illinois, over a review detailing mismanagement, according to multiple reports.
Henyard, who also serves as a supervisor for Thornton Township, joined in the brawl that derailed a meeting during which the council approved legislation that ended a shutdown of services, according to ABC 7 Chicago. Local activist Jedidiah Brown called for the township’s board of trustees to place two of Henyard’s associates on paid leave before unleashing a personal tirade at Henyard.
“You gone, bitch,” Brown said after accusing Henyard of “sleeping her way to the top” and for being a “half-assed mayor,” the Daily Mail reported.
Henyard’s boyfriend, Kamal Woods, rushed toward Brown, starting the fight that ended the board of trustees meeting. Henyard was seen joining the brawl, during which she lost a shoe, according to CBS Chicago
The board of trustees voted to place Woods, who collects a six-figure salary to run a program for “at-risk youth,” and Henyard ally William Moore on paid leave following the Monday release of a report requested by former Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago into Dolton’s finances, the Daily Mail also reported.
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“No, and this is political retaliation, so again, thank you for the lawsuit,” Henyard said after the vote, according to CBS Chicago. “Because you all just picked certain individuals. You all didn’t come in here and do no research, so I appreciate it.”
Lightfoot detailed over $770,000 in questionable spending in a 73-page report to trustees in Dolton and described similar findings in Thornton Township, according to FOX 32.
“At least as early as late 2021, there was a concerted, systematic effort on behalf of Mayor Henyard and others in her administration to hide the true financial condition of the Village of Dolton from the trustees and from members of the public,” Lightfoot told attendees of a Monday meeting that Henyard did not attend.
Henyard previously came under fire in 2024 over lavish spending while serving as the mayor of the Chicago-area village, according to WGN, which included trips to Times Square, Atlanta and Austin, Texas.
Henyard’s attorney fired back at the Lightfoot report in a statement to Fox 32.
“Lori Lightfoot is a failed mayor whose fiscal irresponsibility was overwhelming,” attorney Beau Brindley said in the statement. “The idea that any credibility could be given to her ‘findings’ about another mayor’s financial decisions is preposterous. This is an effort by a failed political figure desperately seeking the limelight to which she is no longer entitled.”
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