Government in action: Thornton Township vs Village of Lansing

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The Lansing Journal has been providing video coverage of Thornton Township meetings since 2022. Last week we also shot video of the Lansing Village Board meetings, including the board’s second review of the 2025 budget.
Having video of budget presentations for the boards of both Thornton Township and the Village of Lansing provided a unique opportunity for comparison of those two forms of government at work.
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@leslie-0070 3 ай бұрын

I enjoyed your comparison presentation.

@lansingjournal 3 ай бұрын

Thank you @leslie-0070 !

@shannamatteo4646 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the interesting presentation. Very informative and I appreciate the work put into this.

@lansingjournal 3 ай бұрын

Thank you @shannamatteo4646. It did take a lot of time, so it's nice to hear the information was helpful.

@tiffanybarbee9316 3 ай бұрын

Paul Robertz is one of my inspirations to start going to my own Town's Meetings. I figured I shouldnt know more about Two Entities in Illinois than I do my own town! Tell him Hi from Arkansas for me!

@lansingjournal 3 ай бұрын

We love this, @tiffanybarbee9316! Thank you for applying the information in such a practical way!

@paulrobertz8491 3 ай бұрын

Well done, Melanie! I loved how you emphasized "disagreement does not have to be a sign of disfunction. A healthy team knows how do disagree productively."

@lansingjournal 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, Paul! There was much more I could have said about you and the work you’ve done to inform our community, but I wanted to respect your privacy too. Thank you for your leadership.

@dawnhines6599 3 ай бұрын

Hi Paul! I agree with what Melanie is saying here. You & your wife have been diligent & dedicated for so long now. It may be your intention to ‘remain under the radar-I would too-however, you deserve HUGE APPRECIATION & GRATITUDE from all of the citizens you are speaking for!!! You, Jedidiah & some more recent folks emerging with information are going to be what FINALLY moves this case forward! I look forward to seeing Thornton Township & the Village of Dolton move forward to a Balanced, Transparent & Successful era!!! Will we see you in the Administrative Halls?

@paulrobertz8491 3 ай бұрын

@@dawnhines6599 Thank you, Dawn! In the next month I will learn if the established career politicians around here will discourage or encourage me to run for a township trustee seat.

@TheOneandOnlyD-R-E 3 ай бұрын

I want to know how Thornton twps budget claims they are getting less money from property taxes when property taxes increased 35% from last year?

@dawnhines6599 3 ай бұрын

Thank You, Melanie, for a straight forward, factual & Professional explanation & comparison Segment (ThxYou for the WONDERFUL BONUS **Supporting Documents Included!😎). Wishing MOST or ALL posts could be this Professional, Clear & Methodical!! Thank you, as well, for the link to subscribe! I’m headed there next~ Hope to see you again SOON!!🎉

@lansingjournal 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your support, @dawnhines6599! That means a lot to us.

@suehorn4182 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your coverage. I hope every citizen within the Thornton Township sees this video.

@lansingjournal 3 ай бұрын

Our hope is that it will be useful as people are looking ahead to the 2025 elections in Lansing and Thornton Township

@TrollAlert-xv6qg 3 ай бұрын

@@lansingjournalTrump 2024 Supermayor Tiffany Henyard 2025

@sha8342 3 ай бұрын

I found the comparison quite enlightening. What a drastic difference between the two. Thank you for your presentation.

@TomWilson-ir6uq 3 ай бұрын

Excellent presentation, please keep up the good work. 😊

@upstrucker1964 3 ай бұрын

Have you ever thought about running for Thornton township president? You'll have my vote!

@lansingjournal 3 ай бұрын

@upstrucker1964, this is Melanie. Thank you for your endorsement! I have actually wondered about running for Thornton Township, but I would hate to give up my work with The Lansing Journal. I'm actually hoping Paul Robertz decides to run!

@tamissawilliams3581 3 ай бұрын

@@lansingjournal I second that.

@TrollAlert-xv6qg 3 ай бұрын

@@lansingjournalyou need to run you’ll have my vote I still like tiffy but I’d like you too but we need more balanced township maybe get a conservative on the board

@dawnhines6599 2 ай бұрын

@@lansingjournal I’m a little late on seeing your response! I AGREE with you about Mr. Paul Roberts! He and his wife make a GREAT TEAM! Having BOTH of their knowledge, experience & energy supporting the township administratively would be a HUGE BLESSING for TT! I really hope HOUSE is the Mayor for VOD as well. Can you even imagine the POWERFUL FORCE of Goodness & Efficiency we would see coming from that corner of our world? I only know what I manage to dig up online, yet, every one I have spoken with from VOD & TT has been so nice and open to all of us strangers that are now behind these two locales… I almost feel like I have “friends” here!!! These folks deserve ALL the Good that is coming for them when the mess is removed!!!

@DrMatey215 3 ай бұрын

Maybe the officials need to consult with Haitian witch Doctors and their personal astrologers in order to get the timing right. What is most bothersome is these politicians withhold accurate financials. Until you get a hold of actuarial, audited, finalized transactions with assets and liabilities you can never get a handle on the true financial condition of these entities. A wonderful report and assessment of current conditions bewitching these entities. Thank you for all of your hard work. Stay strong, don't ever weaken. From the shores of Lake Erie.

@lansingjournal 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, Dr. Matey - we appreciate the encouragement!

@GigglingHamster 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for continuing the coverage

@mzmartin8115 3 ай бұрын

I watch you from NM and it sickens me what that woman is being allowed to do in IL.

@reneeirby3371 3 ай бұрын

Always excellent journalism! Thank you 😊

@PUBLICOPSTV 3 ай бұрын

FANTASTIC INFORMATION! YOUR SUBSCRIBERS NUMBER IS BEYOND ME? YOU HAVE A MAJOR FAN. JUST WOW ❤

@plantsforlife1120 3 ай бұрын

Great video as the comparison is VERY TELLING!!!!!! Thank you for making this video! I expect the FBI will be watching it as well!

@lansingjournal 3 ай бұрын

Thank you @plantsforlife1120 - it's hard to say what the FBI is up to!

@cynthiatucker2147 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the comparison. I wonder why the Thornton Twp bias doesn’t have or specifically bring up the rules & regulations of the state on how the budget should be presented. I’m very surprised at the lack of budget page for Thornton Twp as well as Dolton in the way Lansing has. I am in a christian organization and our budget is like Lansing’s, a whole lot less pages. If Tiffany henyard has had any accounting in her business courses at college why isn’t she following what was taught? How many trustees in Lansing have business degrees or accounting degrees? The same question for Thornton Twp and Dolton? How many have had experience w/o the degrees but by experience can qualify for the position of trustee?

@mrsgeorgestrait 23 күн бұрын

So impressed with your video and reporting skills. Impressed that you speak the truth, not hyperbole. Carry on.

@lansingjournal 23 күн бұрын

We appreciate your feedback. Thank you so much.

@rayhorner2965 3 ай бұрын

My city has 264 pages on the budget plan.

@ernestmeiehofer 3 ай бұрын

That beast has destroyed that poor village it's going to take years for Dalton to recover from the damage she has done and the way that she treats all the trustees. 🙏🙏🙏

@JoannMartinez-v6b 3 ай бұрын

What I can’t understand is why she is still the mayor? Get her out of office! She’s bleeding that township dry!

@ernestmeiehofer 3 ай бұрын

@@JoannMartinez-v6b she should have suspended on the first day and the bank account should have been frozen instead of giving her more time to think of ways to steal more money.

@123Snowtimeyo 3 ай бұрын

Great video!

@markscott5421 3 ай бұрын

This shows what happens when you elect a clown to run the township. No leadership nor understanding of how to read and enforce a budget.

@mimilittle1863 3 ай бұрын

In fairness, it has been shown that Thornton Township did not elect their current Supervisor, she was appointed for that position.

@jirt87 3 ай бұрын

@@mimilittle1863 That part!

@Wildwood975 3 ай бұрын

I hear there’s a certain Super Mayor in Dolton that likes making videos. Of course there would be only one person in all that she produces but the videos will certainly be informative. I’m sure she would love working for the Lansing Journal. I can’t recall her name but if you drive over to Dolton just ask anyone where the lady who’s picture is on all the billboards is.