COOK COUNTY, IL: "Two former Dolton employees and one former Thornton Township employee filed three separate lawsuits Wednesday against Dolton Mayor and Thornton Township Supervisor Tiffany Heynard, alleging they were terminated out of retaliation for not supporting the politician. All of the suits also name Keith Freeman, a special assistant to Heynard in Thornton Township and village administrator for Dolton. Two of the suits name the village of Dolton while the third names Thornton Township and its director of finances, Robert Hunt.

Samysha William, former director of the Building Permits and License Department in Dolton, claims she was fired because she failed to comply with Henyard’s requests to withhold public records from trustees, did not “withhold permits in exchange for campaign donations”, and refused to mute trustees during board meetings. “Williams was instructed to practice muting the Trustees when they were speaking during the meetings,” one line from her suit reads.

Sandra Tracy alleges that while in her role as Thornton Township’s human resources manager, she declined to assist Henyard and her refusal led to her termination. “Henyard also asked Tracy for a list of all Township employees…with notes detailing all their faults and any known “dirt on them,” … given what Tracy may have known as HR Manager,” a line from the suit reads.

[Henyard] recently blocked a request from Dolton trustees for outside agencies to investigate her for allegedly misusing village funds. In February, Williams sued Henyard for defamation and the FBI opened an investigation into Henyard’s charity."

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/15/employees-sue-dolton-mayor-tiffan-thornton-township-tiffany-henyard-allege-retaliation/