Chi. burb's 'dictator' mayor watch. A lot of these people are scared because this police department is militaristic right now with her in it,” he said, declining to give his name over fears of retribution. Henyard, a failed burger joint boss, has come un
Billboards of her ‘Maduro’ face flood town
DOLTON, Ill. — The eccentric self-described “super mayor” of a Chicago suburb was compared to a South American dictator by disgruntled constituents, who complained about massive billboards bearing her face across town and the “militarization” of local police against her political enemies.
“Keeping my promises, Fighting for my residents,” reads one sign alongside the face of Mayor Tiffany Henyard on a shuttered strip of downtown Dolton, Ill.
“The people’s choice,” reads another not 300 feet away bearing her bejeweled visage.
Across the street, another says, “Congratulations on making history Tiffany A. Henyard, Thornton Township Supervisor,” showing the 40-year-old mayor smiling in a pink blazer.
“It’s Venezuela. Isn’t that what they are doing out there with [President Nicolás] Maduro? His face is all over, like ‘I’m the dictator,’ ” a 66-year-old Dolton resident said of the Henyard posters.
“It’s like a dictator. There is no call for it,” he added. “I’ve never seen a town that’s more screwed up under her, and I’ve seen 20 years of this malarkey.”
Henyard was first elected in 2021 to lead the small town of 20,000 people about 20 miles south of downtown Chicago.
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She has come under scrutiny in recent weeks for a laundry list of antics, including accusations of blowing thousands in public funds on luxury travel and dining, turning local police into both her personal bodyguards and backup dancers for music videos and hiring DJs for town meetings — all while the village falls $5 million into debt.
“She’s . . . power hungry. She doesn’t care how much she bleeds an area out of resources. It’s her life and that’s it,” the resident said, accusing Henyard of using cops to corral and harass dissenters.
“This town, the people have to on the Ice” Valentine’s Day dinner Wednesday night, four police officers blocked them from entering the event — despite it being on public property.
Henyard was flanked by an assistant and two cops — including the highest-ranking police official in Dolton, Deputy Police Chief Lewis Lacey, who acted like her bodyguard the entire night as Henyard went igloo to igloo, taking selfies with residents, while R&B music and chants of “Super mayor!” blasted from speakers.
Lacey told The Post the mayor would not be doing interviews and physically blocked a Post photographer from taking pictures of her by stepping in front of her or holding up a jacket. Henyard ignored shouted questions from The Post throughout the night.