Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued a damning report over financial mismanagement in the Village of Dolton, Illinois. (REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski)
The city's credit card spending also spiked to $779,638 in 2023, also with little to no tracking.
"Many of the credit card expenditures have no accompanying receipt, and the statements alone provide limited information about the purchases," the report says, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
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City credit cards were also used to pay for large trips to Las Vegas in both 2022 and 2023, and the report claims, "There is no evidence that any business development opportunities came to the village as a result of either of these two trips."
Mayor Tiffany Henyard is accused of extravagant spending that could bankrupt the Village of Dolton, Illinois. (Fox 32)
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Cook County Judge Cecilia Horan held Henyard in indirect criminal contempt. That means the mayor was considered "disrespectful to the authority of the court," Adrian Vuckovich, an attorney for the owners of St. Patrick's, told WMAQ-TV.
"It’s been a challenge to put it mildly. It shouldn’t be so difficult. This is an ordinary event to get liquor licenses issued," Vuckovich told WGN separately.
Fox News' Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
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