COOK COUNTY - Politicians don't always like to hear from the public.

But some south suburban residents say controversial Thornton Township Supervisor and Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard took extraordinary—and possibly illegal—steps to prevent them from speaking at a public meeting Tuesday night.

The sign outside Thornton Township's office in South Holland reads, "Welcome to Thornton Township. People working with people." But when residents showed up Tuesday night to speak at a public board meeting, they got anything but a warm welcome.

"When I arrived there was security here," said Stephanie Wiedeman, a former township employee and frequent Henyard critic. "He was standing at the bottom of the stairs preventing anybody from going up to the boardroom. I asked him if the meeting was downstairs, he replied yes."

Wiedeman and a handful of other residents wanted to speak directly to Supervisor Tiffany Henyard, who has generated controversy for spending hundreds of thousands of tax dollars on trips, police security, billboards, and her own personal charity.

"I'm just curious to see who makes the decisions about how our tax dollars are being spent," said Thornton Township resident Paul Robertz, who also tried to attend the meeting. But they never got that chance.

After being blocked from going to the boardroom upstairs, the residents were sent to the basement where they were told the township board meeting would be held. It wasn't. They say they asked for a signup sheet for public comment and never got it. And before they knew what had happened, the four-minute meeting upstairs was over and Henyard was gone, without hearing from her constituents.

"They are violating our rights," said Wiedeman. "I pay taxes here. I have a right to get up and speak whether this administration likes it or not."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yesterday:

Today:

Cori Bush is a crook and a half and I can’t wait for her to be gone. And keep this in mind when you’re talking about “Joe BiDeN’s weaponized DOJ” and the rest of that BS.
- actual Democrat

+1 I don't see a lot of Dems claiming she should be immune from the consequences of what she's done, if she's done something wrong.

Anonymous wrote:Yesterday:

Today:

Cori Bush is a crook and a half and I can’t wait for her to be gone. And keep this in mind when you’re talking about “Joe BiDeN’s weaponized DOJ” and the rest of that BS.
- actual Democrat

And?

If she did something wrong, it should be prosecuted.

Democrats do not have an issue with that.

For some reason, Republicans do.

Maybe if Republicans stood up for the rule of law, things would be different.

Yesterday:

Today:

Anonymous wrote:

Wait a second. Republicans have been telling me over and over that there's nothing wrong with lying about your financial condition. I have to assume all the Republicans out there are decrying this injustice. Right? Bueller? Bueller?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a Democrat, I say lock them up if they are guilty. Gosh 18 pages of corrupt Democrats vs. 165 pages of corrupt Republicans. It seems Republicans tend to be ten times more likely to engage in criminal behavior.

You need to normalize that data taking into account that 95% of DCUM users are Democrats and naturally hiding their own corruption while talking up Republicans'.

Once you do that you'll realize corruption among Democrats is truly off the charts.

Normalizing data to readership of DCUM is stupid. If Dem corruption is truly off the charts it would be easy enough for you to find them and post them but it seems you and your fellow RWNJs are too lazy to do that. You can post weak sauce arguments though.

Criminal behavior should be prosecuted regardless of political affiliation.

Anonymous wrote:As a Democrat, I say lock them up if they are guilty. Gosh 18 pages of corrupt Democrats vs. 165 pages of corrupt Republicans. It seems Republicans tend to be ten times more likely to engage in criminal behavior.

You need to normalize that data taking into account that 95% of DCUM users are Democrats and naturally hiding their own corruption while talking up Republicans'.

Once you do that you'll realize corruption among Democrats is truly off the charts.

As a Democrat, I say lock them up if they are guilty. Gosh 18 pages of corrupt Democrats vs. 165 pages of corrupt Republicans. It seems Republicans tend to be ten times more likely to engage in criminal behavior.

Eric Adams sued over sexual assault allegation. The woman is seeking $5M.

https://twitter.com/benfeuerherd/status/1727676395797500192

Here’s what’s going to shock you rwnj: instead of ransacking the place, democrats are going to prosecute them.

Anonymous wrote:More voting fraud.... Bridgeport, Connecticut.

But, but... how can this be?? DCUM tells us that Democrats don't engage in voter fraud!

Anonymous wrote:More voting fraud.... Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Now share all of the other democrats defending this or circling the wagons or suing to show its justification.