Dolton's mayor under fire: Trustees slam lavish spending on security detail

It's not unusual for the mayor of a big city like Chicago to have a security detail, but residents of south suburban Dolton, with a population of a little more than 20,000, are shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for police to drive and protect their mayor.
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[@sirlynch]

The town of less than 20,000 residents now has a $5 million deficit and has started ticketing residents like crazy and issuing fines to trades people for not having the right permits. Their Mayor needs to be investigated.

[@justthej]

Looks like she's hooking up her friends.....where's the FBI

[@gz1230]

The good ol’ “Fake News” defense!💁🏽‍♀️

[@Doc-ql8mf]

​@@justthejThe FBI is too busy investigating Donald Trump and all that fake bs.

[@frankom2862]

How much she is paying to you?​@@gz1230

[@andrejohnson1703]

Time to get the FBI involved with this lady or US ATTORNEY..

[@kmg3658]

A "US Attorney".......that's a good one.

[@ImpetuouslyInsane]

​@@kmg3658I think they meant a federal prosecutor or the attorney general or something.

[@thefucrew9865]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 They are all of the same Democratic Party. Why are YOU concerned ??? YOU voted for it.

[@Zacharias3]

Or meet the DA that took down Detroit's Mayor Kilpatrick for his cash-cow, favors-for-players shannigans.

[@Liberalcali]

FBI won’t go after her she’s a democrat

[@abusednomoresilence]

Damn ! Two hundred hours of overtime in two weeks its outrageous.

[@thuandao4243]

Well she needs security watch while sleeping too 😂 understandable. Town of 20,000 people can be so dangerous. ….superspender mayor, corruption to its core. .audit these mayors to government lavish spending on tax $. Good job journalism.

[@myphd-myprisonhistorydiplo691]

Such bullshit this woman is banging that dude and paying him!! Gross using y’all’s money and won’t answer to the public! She’s a real elected gem😂😂

[@coffylord2821]

She gots to go

[@chillwill5080]

To prison.

[@user-qb3zf2bq9p]

Fire her

[@nw66990]

They tried

[@DoveOfHope1]

Can you say, “narcissist”?

[@lunaravenmist1]

FBI should investigate her and shut that shit down

[@zanzikar7]

F.B.I is the security detail of the Democrat party, so if anything they will be sent to protect her, not prosecute her.

[@jlv3x]

Why does a mayor of village of only 20,000 people need a security detail? Most towns that small only have a part time mayor anyway.

[@roamiblu1833]

She's a professional grifter.

[@dcfl2147]

Shes black it's ok

[@roamiblu1833]

@@dcfl2147 And where did she learn it from? The Whites. They are masters at it. Just look at Donald Trump!

[@TravisDoesKayakFishing]

Well, she has had a rough ride while in office. She likely does need the security to keep her safe after all the mess she seems to have done.

[@roamiblu1833]

@@TravisDoesKayakFishing Pfft! She made it a rough ride.

[@williampelfrey3212]

What a absolute joke!!! I have a tomato that's more qualified! They just cannot help themselves

[@zanzikar7]

In the olden days they used to throw tomatoes at kings and queens like this.

[@jay-jx5hc]

I don’t feel sorry for you people of Dolton. You vote people like this in, what do you expect.

[@smfarrie2943]

The majority also recalled her ass.

[@eddiemunster8634]

Don't be surprised to learn that she is getting a kickback from the security detail from all that cash they're making

[@ebnhahn1993]

Well who elected here as a mayor!!?? If Dalton citizens did, then this is what they asked for.....

[@Claudia-up6hr]

I think her security detail is giving her a whole lotta service.

[@Falcon2609]

Facts

[@thefucrew9865]

Are you jealous ???

[@cortneyeverett6927]

🗣Repent Israelites all praise to the most high YAHAWAH AND HIS SON YAHAWASHI🤴🏽🦁👑⌛️🔥🛸 The so called black man, Latino, and Native Americans are the Israelites. Yahawah chosen people. That are scattered in all nations through our fathers. Making them Israelite foreigners/Scattered sheep/The multitude Yahawashi speaking: Matthew 15:24 “But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Deuteronomy 7:6 “For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth Isaiah 14:1 “For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. Isaiah 14:2 “And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.” 2 Esdras 6:9 “For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth.

[@Claudia-up6hr]

🤭@@thefucrew9865

[@judithgrace9850]

@@thefucrew9865 lol

[@mattp4079]

Dolton is 92% chocolate city. All chocolate council, mayas office, police dept. What were you expecting?

[@davebarkley8773]

Hahahahahahah! Chocolate city, I love it.

[@skeetrix5577]

exactly! been keeping tabs on this saga from st Louis it's hilarious they elected a social media influencer and crook as mayor and she isn't at all worried about possible consequences because Illinois is and always will be the most corrupt state in the union

[@chellziswinning]

Probably integrity

[@LoveLivelife28340]

The same thing we were expecting from Chicago with all the corruption that came from white city!!!

[@RandoBurner]

She was voted by 82% percent of people. Yeah, you read that right. So, the chances that she won't be elected are extreeeemely small. So voters get what they want.

[@USMC-Goforth]

Expose her

[@eddiemunster8634]

What the mayor is doing is very predictable for these people, nobody should be surprised

[@jimdoe3288]

No diversity in her security

[@streetlegalsprintcar]

$400k ÷ 20k residents is $20 bucks per person. But, not all of those residents pay taxes so the tax payers paid out more than $20 bucks for her ego needs.

[@WhereMyChicken]

Question: Who is writing the checks to the cops? Doesn't the council have to approve expenditures over a certain amount of money? Oh, yeah. She a superstar aiiight.

[@chillwill5080]

No kidding, looks like the Comptroller needs some cage time just like her and these cops for embezzlement and fraud. 😕

[@cortneyeverett6927]

🗣Repent Israelites all praise to the most high YAHAWAH AND HIS SON YAHAWASHI🤴🏽🦁👑⌛️🔥🛸 The so called black man, Latino, and Native Americans are the Israelites. Yahawah chosen people. That are scattered in all nations through our fathers. Making them Israelite foreigners/Scattered sheep/The multitude Yahawashi speaking: Matthew 15:24 “But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Deuteronomy 7:6 “For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. Isaiah 14:1 “For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. Isaiah 14:2 “And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.” 2 Esdras 6:9 “For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth

[@zanzikar7]

No, when Democrat politicians run things, then rules, laws and regulations don't apply to them, they only apply to their subjects. Like in the days of old when the subjects got tired of being oppressed by the King, they made a change and it was a pleasant change either, but her subjects haven't had enough of the hypocrisy and oppression of their queen. That's what she reminded me of watching the way she was talking to people, like she is queen and everyone else are pleabs.

[@steveb796]

200 hours of OT in two weeks ? Man those cops work hard.

[@Raven72]

The people’s choice,let them pay.

[@mattp4079]

Absolutely!

[@dty1207]

They tried to recall her a year ago, Courts threw it out

[@Zacharias3]

She might want to pump them brakes and take note of the Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick chapter on how he finally lost it all for the sake of greed, show-bling and arrogance!

[@route3133]

His family and people from his team still stealing from Detroit and in position til this day. He had to do that bid but he still got his hands in the pot. POLITICS

[@zanzikar7]

Sadly that wont happen as today's Democrats are a "protected class" and can't be held accountable for their criminal activities, it would be "racist" to do so.

[@eddiemunster8634]

She's a recent graduate of the BLM School of Public management, she was their best student

[@tomekacooleypettus4210]

I believe she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Trump University she had gained her doctorate in MAGA.

[@peteyp123]

What u expect a black queen in charge to do lmao 😅😅😂😊

[@joerahn1121]

Vote her out

[@eddiemunster8634]

If you change the name from Dolton to Johannesburg, you really couldn't tell the difference, the corruption and dysfunction is the same

[@kjchicago1]

You Mean Dolton(Not Dalton)

[@eddiemunster8634]

@@kjchicago1 damn voice to text

[@jloz747]

Should also investigate harvey mayor clark

[@bigben42]

Nice little scam, they thought no one would notice?

[@thefucrew9865]

They didn't care. It's the Democratic way.

[@Zacharias3]

And like most actions and practices of the left they call you names when you 'notice'!

[@johnaltobello5095]

Need to follow-up on how the millions of tax dollars are being spent on their water problems.

[@zanzikar7]

There are no problems cause there aren't Republicans in control. Remember, the problem in America is not people like her, but "extreme maga", that's the real problem.

[@bobbiedeleon4845]

These lady is the queen of graft! Living that 13/60 life anyway possible!

[@lw1zfog]

the queen of grift

[@chico7469]

Y’all deserve that, you voted for her honey child!! You voted for your boo thang 😂

[@truth007fly]

Most likely didn't bother to vote period.

[@chico7469]

@@truth007fly naw unfortunately I’m in Chicago under the same fuckery, I didn’t get the canidate I wanted either lol

[@truth007fly]

@@chico7469 it was a three way race with the previous Mayor (who had suffered a stroke just months before the election); Tiffany and Andrew Holmes. Many didn't show up to vote. Andrew Holmes made sure she would win by adding his name to the ballot. He split the votes big time.

[@Leroy-wm4ib]

​@@truth007flyI see Andrew Holmes in the streets trying to stop kids from killing each other. What part of town are YOU working at? Right!!

[@truth007fly]

​@@Leroy-wm4ibMy comment has nothing to do with Mr. Holmes standing up and trying to keep our streets safe. I respect him for that. However, when he placed his name on the Balliot he knew he wouldn't win but it would for sure split the votes. I said what I said, now stay on topic. Reading is fundamental.

[@dawereck2903]

Can’t let ‘em run a candy store smh

[@cherese340]

This is ridiculous for someone who went to school in Dolton, you should know the area and the people, this is some bs

[@thefucrew9865]

Who cares if you went to school there ??? Obviously, the citizens voted for this.

[@hoosierplowboy5299]

​@@thefucrew9865 Much to their detriment...

[@Leroy-wm4ib]

​@@hoosierplowboy5299If you DON'T live in that community worry about the one YOU live in!!

[@smfarrie2943]

@@thefucrew9865 a mistake was made clearly. Sad people get power hungry. She didn’t have on her platform that she would be spending thousands on round the clock security for herself without cause.

[@thefucrew9865]

@@smfarrie2943, it doesn't matter what they have on her campaign. You have to do some research on what a candidate was doing PRIOR to running. That is an individual's responsibility. If you get fooled, that is YOUR fault. This wasn't a magic trick.

[@kemhopkins3421]

She's a QUEEN. Don't you know!

[@Zacharias3]

Diva-tude to the max. I wonder if she has a show-dog to add to her bling-factor!

[@AbronHawkins]

Oh yeah. A Quean..

[@zanzikar7]

That's what I said. So how long till the pleabs get tired of the queen and storm the keep?

[@markthomas3730]

WHEN YOU ELECT A CLOWN, EXPECT A CIRCUS

[@JoseCervantes19]

Not to mention her Charity that she donated to.

[@Zacharias3]

It's the charity of 'self' with a board of directors known as friends and family.

[@tiffanimckay3542]

You can't vote her out or what🤔

[@kim.7010]

Narcissistic..... You know what

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Say goodbye to the thug wannabe! All par for the course!👌 Make her pay it back out of her combined $250,000 a year salary from a town of 20,000! The New Orleans Mayor refused to pay back her abuse of power until the City Counsel threatened to dock her pay and face the possibility of removal from Office!👍

[@zanzikar7]

Can't, she's a Democrat and part of a "protected class." Only Republicans are held accountable in the Untied States of the Democrat Party.

[@user-xu1de5mr1o]

You mean to tell me her security costs $109 an hour $9000 every 2 weeks

[@Nuffsaid876]

What in the corruption

[@Yolonder-jf1sn]

She Fgreedy in she thinks she Beyonce she needs to be arrested

[@sexytrinny52]

The Alphabets are coming for Tiffany.

[@Zacharias3]

Yeah they want their share of the money and applause with a dose of affirmation!

[@dionterussell3620]

Don't nobody want that mayor! She doesn't need surcurity! She can walk down the street and NOBODY would notice her!😅😅

[@christopherm3271]

And she will probably get voted in again with all her advertising and grandstanding.

[@christinebonner2210]

Can residents get the same level of protection?

[@Midman1972]

Real class acts. 🤮

[@carolinawestern3875]

With spending habits like hers. It won't take long until there's no money left.

[@chicagolarry15]

🤔Dolton isn't A huge Suburban Town but It's A Nice place & It Has Nice People I'm Sorry Your Mayor Is MILKING THE TOWN DRY$$$ With Her Lavish Lifestyle It's Only A Matter of Time Before A Full Investigation Happens & She's kicked out of Office or Arrested you Deserve Better Than This Dolton 😔 Just Give it Time & The Problem will be solved

[@torcik]

Black privilege 🤴🏿🤴🏿🤴🏿👸🏿👸🏿

[@loveforeignaccents]

My cousins were just talking about this waste of a mayor at a family get-together.

[@thefucrew9865]

Why ??? Idiotic gender identity s*hit would be a better topic. These citizens voted for their mayor. They get what they voted for. She's THEIR people.

[@caseysmith2416]

She will end up in jail. 100%

[@2ndMostEndangeredGender]

Looks like Dolton might be selling off assets soon.

[@christansdad]

The trustees need to engage the services of a forensic accountant to find all the money movements and formally build both civil and criminal cases against the mayor.

[@zanzikar7]

Wont happen, she's a Democrat. If she was a Republican, then yes, your request would happen.

[@hunterallen]

Please lock this thing up

[@elmerfuddphd]

What mayor of a small town needs 3 gaurds constantly?Gross use of taxpayer funds.Power drunk politician.

[@mr90210]

Keep up the pressure.

[@mrfofff]

Only 2 things that will come out of this. 1- Nothing will happen. 2- Taxes will go up. Fact!

[@destinedemperor7999]

👋 Throw her out of office. End this corruption. 🙌

[@johnaltobello5095]

She's a pritzker string puller..

[@ImpetuouslyInsane]

I work for one of those companies that fixes the slot machines at bars and restaurants. I've been hearing around dalton, the mayor was supposed to sign off on liquor licenses and it hasn't happened. No liquor license, those machines don't get played. It's clear why she hasn't been signing off on it: she's a total flake.

[@chillwill5080]

She signs after you pays her, you gots to pay her. That's how African warlords roll.

[@thefucrew9865]

Maybe, just maybe, if they were looking for a "Gaming License", rather than a "Liquor License", they would be more successful. After all, if they are selling alcohol/liquor WITHOUT a renewed "Liquor License", they are breaking the law.

[@Leroy-wm4ib]

​@@chillwill5080You knew how the Daleys rolled. They hired whole neighborhoods!

[@zanzikar7]

She's a typical Democrat, out for her own self interest.

[@MrsLovely218]

This is unbelievable!!

[@andrebailey6676]

Like how does someone do that most people can't even make that in two weeks

[@gurnblanston3210]

Can you translate that into English?

[@ClickClickBoom-op4pv]

She needs to be recused immediately, and ordered by a judge to pay every last cent back. Someone also needs to do an audit.

[@flyboy3373]

I think she will not be re-elected....when she leaves office, those "cops" should be forced to leave right along with her!

[@hakeemcolvin4139]

Take her to jaill how many times we going to keep catching hurt and beat us she just like the old mayor of Harvey

[@vegasmitch1472]

Yeaaaah this Makes No Sense even in Atlanta when found out the School Superintendent had Security & a Driver i was like wtf don't Nobody Know u!! Maybe Security when She was going 2a Meeting & making Sure she got home safely but after that NOPE!!

[@TL-wy1nk]

Disqualify her for theft.

[@frankinator7571]

Send her to prison!

[@2ndMostEndangeredGender]

Detroit, New Orleans, ...just on a smaller scale

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Absolutely, and three common factors!👍

[@Zacharias3]

But even Kilpatrick of Detroit finally got the perp walk. Just took a while.

[@2ndMostEndangeredGender]

@@Zacharias3 , ...just about killed that city

[@Oneye839]

Kumakata needs security detail she’s the black queen of Dolton she might be the next vice president or even president 🤣🤣🤣.

[@ImpetuouslyInsane]

Dude, that sounds like a John Carpenter movie just waiting to happen...

[@rasyay]

No need to be racist her being black has nothing to do with her being a scam artist your white donald trump is no better

[@angelacox8322]

​​@@ImpetuouslyInsanespeaking of which, I keep saying I can not WAIT for the movie on THIS sh*t show, it's going to seem completely unbelievable!!

[@wesleysteele1843]

Way to go IL ..you guys got it together in that state...where do i apply to a position like that?

[@chillwill5080]

Stand before a toilet, bend down and dive in, congratulations homey da mayor.

[@soxbearshwks8988]

a corrupt politician in ILL. i'm shocked🙄

[@Transparencies-EST.1787]

Did they forget to mention the water bill of one resident, they had to pay her 3k and when the trustee said lets check all the bills she said no because she didn't want to pay out thousands of dollars ... she needs to get her lights put out . fr she doesn't deserve to be here in this world in my part.

[@deanchapman1824]

I can't believe she's still there and not in prison.

[@charlespiper9291]

How can an ordinary citizen get some police protection?

[@kifley19]

That cop made a killing.

[@davidwilfong5820]

Investigate her now

[@user-eh5cr4or6k]

Wait until y'all see the new mayor's Mansion she's having built.

[@benknowbi3380]

Blatt esselence!

[@judithgrace9850]

Big Boom on her payroll.

[@MarkLandrebe-ef5yd]

She is NOT THAT IMPORTANT !

[@jackhammer9775]

Dolton, this is fixable. So why haven’t you fixed it?

[@MrCyp200la]

She's hood rich.

[@jmscrapllc9576]

Embezzlement

[@MsSarahJ56]

She spent $150,000 on a car and tried to pull the money from the budget but the city council wouldn't approve it.

[@frankinator7571]

send her to prison for life

[@dianemitchell7987]

Security probaky her male companion and and her family members and friends. Just a hustle for easy money for her crew,

[@klausthedog9670]

You wanted KANGZ RIGHT?

[@user-xu1de5mr1o]

Couldn't answer questions but yep this is the mayor More security for what she so worried about her safe why wasnt all her security with her when the news approached her I guess one security guard was good enough then

[@GTR003121]

Classless thief

[@chadwalker9804]

You get what you vote for.

[@keliiwilliams8142]

I see prison in her near future!

[@hunterallen]

Whoomp there it is

[@urbandecay4540]

Imagine that 😂😂

[@zeldasmith6154]

🙄

[@MojoHandle]

We all see it…..we all see it

[@stevenmeadows6917]

What's the problem? You voted her in. Let's not cry now over it.

[@LisaBodentien]

This lady neds to resign now