SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill. (WLS) — A meeting scheduled for Friday will assess whether Tiffany Henyard will appear on the ballot for re-election in Thornton Township.
The meeting will hear and pass objections to nomination papers of candidates running for Thornton township positions in April.
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This is for candidates who filed by the November 18 deadline and running outside of a major party.
The current Township Supervisor, Tiffany Henyard, opted not to file within that timeframe, choosing instead the caucus path for the Democratic nomination, a bid she lost to State Senator Napoleon Harris this week.
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In an exclusive interview, Henyard, vowing a legal fight.
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She said she will be at Friday’s meeting and is confident she will be on the ballot come April.
“I am entirely confident that I will be on the ballot because they engaged in various illegal actions, for which my attorney is currently preparing a lawsuit,” Henyard stated.
Henyard also warns, the township is at risk of a shutdown because the board has not approved insurance.
She said two trustees have boycotted multiple meetings to try to stonewall Henyard, which have halted township actions.
Trustee Chris Gonzalez says his absence was necessary for the greater good of the township to keep Henyard from appointing a new trustee that would give her more power.
“If she gets that third spot, then it’s kind of free reign everything… finances, hiring firings things like that,” Gonzalez said. “We just feel it’s important a to get it to the people to make that choice.”
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