Tiffany Henyard, America’s worst mayor, speaks out following public meltdown with strong message

America’s worst mayor Tiffany Henyard has broken her silence after suffering an epic meltdown following a political caucus. 

The Dolton mayor, who had been the Thornton Township supervisor since 2022, lost the Democratic nomination in a caucus held on Tuesday night, rather than a primary election.

Following the decision, there was a dramatic incident where the mayor, Henyard, had an intense confrontation with Napoleon Harris, her opponent and a state senator. Harris had the authority to choose whether the nominee would be selected through a primary election or a caucus.

After many months of criticism from her constituents, Henyard has finally broken her silence as she threatens legal action. 

Henyard had been left off the April primary ballot for the Democratic party caucus vote. 

Henyard expressed her frustration by labeling the situation as voter suppression and criticized her opponents, stating that they were not fulfilling their responsibilities as trustees and should face consequences for it, according to her statements to ABC 7 Chicago.

She insisted she’ll be on the ballot come April for the township supervisor position, which she holds in addition to her mayoral position. 

‘One hundred percent confident that I will be,’ she said. ‘They did a lot of illegal actions, which my lawyer is drawing up the lawsuit currently.’

She has warned that Thornton Township may have to shut down if insurance isn’t approved by the board after two trustees have boycotted multiple meetings, according to the outlet. Nothing can be done without them as they do not have enough members to conduct business. 

Trustee Chris Gonzalez said he chose not to attend to block Henyard from appointing a new trustee that would give her more power to continue her reign of chaos. 

‘If she gets that third spot, then it’s kind of free reign everything… finances, hiring firings things like that,’ the trustee told ABC 7. ‘We just feel it’s important a to get it to the people to make that choice.’ 

But Henyard said Gonzalez’s and Trustee Carmen Carlisle’s absences could get the township shutdown as they currently do not have any insurance. 

‘How do we operate? We have our vehicles, we have people who come inside our buildings. If you fall, how do we pay for it? We’re not covered. So now what? We have to pull it out of our general fund?’ the Dolton mayor questioned. 

‘Don’t create chaos. Don’t hurt the residents because you all think you hurt me. You’re not. You’re hurting the people.’ 

However, many of her residents would say she creates chaos, as her track record is damningly low. 

In October, the well-dressed mayor was booed out of a town meeting by furious residents. 

Henyard arrived at the village board meeting an hour late and was met with outraged residents, reported WGN. 

Despite the meeting’s location being moved to the local park district facilities after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s Office found Dolton had violated the state’s Open Meetings Act, Henyard tried to hold a separate board meeting at Village Hall, according to WSL.

Eventually, she made her way to the park district building and announced that she was vetoing everything the board had already voted on.

‘I just want to come here and lay the law down as it relates to what’s going on in our village, where we are, and where we’re going,’ Henyard said.

Village trustees voted to address Dolton’s deficit – which is estimated at $2.8million this year – and approved steps to stop several high-profile vehicle leases.

She has been shrouded in controversy including getting evicted from her home for owing over $3,300 in rent payments.

She also threw an $85,000 party for her town in September even though she has been cut off from spending by the state for sinking her town into debt.

The event cost about $50,000 in taxpayers’ money to cover performances and more than $35,000 on activities, equipment and staff.

In August, the Illinois State Comptroller cut off funding to Dolton after Henyard failed to hand over finance reports for the use of about $135,000.

Susana Mendoza, the comptroller, threatened to fine the town $78,600 if Henyard did not turn over the reports.

The self-proclaimed ‘Super Mayor’ has a history of absurd spending habits that involve the misuse of the town’s funding – plunging the small town $5million in debt. 

The Democrat was elected in 2021 and is Dolton’s first female mayor.