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A small village of about 20,000 people, Dolton now finds itself drowning under $5 million in debt — which trustee Jason House said started piling up shortly after Henyard took office in 2021. “The spending has become unbearable for the residents. It’s parties and a lot of events. It’s resources in reference to making it look like something is being done, but we really can’t afford it,” said trustee, Kiana Belcher.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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Need bigger bully. See Bell California, similar political corruption, outside forces brought charges:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Bell_scandal
But the residents of Dolton voted for her, and this. Let them bear the burden of their irresponsible mayor.
She’s wildly popular, having received 82% of the 13.76% of the voters who showed up in April 2021 to vote for her.
YOU DESERVE THIS DOLTON
Mayor, Village of Dolton
Registered Voters: 18,603
Ballots Cast: 2,559
19 of 19 Precincts Reported
Turnout: 13.76%
Tiffany A. Henyard (Democratic) 82.03% – 2,036 votes
Ronnie Burge (Independent) 17.97%- 446 votes
A line from “ I Love Lucy “ comes to mind in that Lucy queried Rickey as to why their bank account was empty even though she still had checks in the checkbook.
Hmm, is she an acquaintance of Fani Willis?
Let them eat IOU’s. The Feds are employing that financial strategy, why not for Dolton??
Racism! Racism!
Ugh.