Columnist Ted Slowik of DailySouthtown writes: 'Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard’s practice of hiring felons to work for the village could determine whether she survives a recall referendum next month.'
Jamilah Taylor addresses the Dolton Village Board Monday as Ex-Cons for Community and Social Change founder Tyrone Muhammad, third from right, and others listen.
Henyard’s unapologetic stance on the practice may reveal a political naiveté. She has served a little more than a year as mayor of the community of nearly 23,000. The red-hot issue appears to touch on voter fears about safety. “I am not my past,” Taylor said. He said he came to address the board after a post about his conviction circulated on social media last week.
“That individual didn’t lose his life by my hands, but it was by my actions,” Taylor said. “I paid the price. I did 20 years in the penitentiary for it.” “Ex-felons are the only class of individual that is perpetually discriminated by everybody,” Muhammad said. “Here’s a man that’s an example in your city of what real reformation looks like and that should be applauded and commended.”filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality
If a majority of voters approve both questions, the mayor’s office would be declared vacant. A village board majority would appoint someone to fill the vacancy, unlike other methods in which voters select from candidates.I asked Henyard Monday her reaction to the recall referendum.“It’s unconstitutional,” she said. “The residents should have a voice in it. I don’t think the Board of Trustees should be five people that dictate who gets recalled.
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