Fine dining, first class travel costing taxpayers in south suburbs
by: Ben Bradley, Andrew Schroedter
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DOLTON, Ill. — A south suburban politician and her allies fly first class, dine at high-end restaurants and stay at posh hotels all on the taxpayers’ dime, according to credit card records reviewed by WGN Investigates.
Tiffany Henyard is the mayor of Dolton and supervisor of Thornton Township – two elected positions that earned her $287,000 in 2022. But the cost to taxpayers doesn’t end there.
Credit card records from Thornton Township show Henyard and other officials spent nearly $67,000 on trips to Portland, Austin, Atlanta and New York City in recent months. In Atlanta, the group stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel and brought home a bill of $9,347. In New York, they stayed at the Mariott Marquis in Times Square where the hotel charged the group $13,098. Airline records show everyone in the group frequently flies first class.
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