After a tenure mired in controversy, former Dalton, Illinois, Mayor Tiffany Henyward misplaced her bid for re-election when she suffered a landslide loss within the Democratic main.
Her opponent, Village Trustee Jason Home, won nearly 88% of the votes, whereas Henyard might barely handle 12%.
The Gateway Pundit has reported extensively on allegations and investigations into Henyard dubbed “the worst mayor in America.”
Though not in workplace, the chaos that circled round her tenure continues to swirl round her. Henyard has now been ordered to seem for a contempt listening to after failing to show over public data from her time in workplace.
A Cook dinner County choose beforehand held Henyard in contempt of court for failing to show over data from her tenure as required by state transparency legal guidelines. Henyard reportedly informed the choose Friday she was the “face” of the village however didn’t deal with record-keeping.
The choose ordered Henyard to seem in individual on Friday, June 6.
The Edgar County Watchdogs, Inc. sued the Village of Dolton for failing to provide bank card and different data after Henyard’s administration ignored Freedom of Info Act requests in January of 2024.
“The large public publicity given to the Defendant that has introduced Illinois corruption into the nationwide public highlight must be addressed instantly to avoid wasting additional hurt to the state’s status,” learn the Edgar County Watchdog’s grievance.
As well as, WGN-TV additionally sued Henyard’s administration for failing to adjust to state transparency legal guidelines.
The village complied with WGN after Henyard misplaced her re-election bid and launched extra data.
Henyard has been under FBI investigation for abusing her energy after she shut down companies that didn’t donate to her marketing campaign.
Her failed management was so regarding that native residents hired failed former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to investigate.
When Lightfoot introduced the findings, there have been audible gasps on the extent of the accusations of reckless spending, together with spending $40,000 at Amazon in in the future.
