Regina Waldroup unpacks Dolton's Tiffany Henyard drama in new 'Super Mayor' documentary

well she's one of the most recognizable faces that's been on the news lately I'm talking about the mayor of Dalton Tiffany henyard and all of social media she is everywhere our very own Regina waldrup has been following all the drama as it unfolds and she's here with us to talk about a new documentary called super mayor the cost of Chaos in Dalton welcome Regina you've been in those streets reporting on this so much so that I even dream about this story I I am embedded in this community is it a dream or a nightmare it's

a little bit of both a little bit of both Wow Let's talk about the title of this because it's called super mayor and that is what Tiffany henyard calls herself uh Tiffany henyard started calling herself super mayor a few years ago she is Township supervisor of thoron Township she's also the mayor of Dalton put him together super mayor and so two years ago she started calling herself that super mayor W what where did this all at the begin start at the very beginning why is she in why is she on her TV screen so much

because she's accused of misusing taxpayer dollars in the village of Dalton not really a wealthy community it's 90% African American and a lot of money has been misused or alleged to have been misused by Tiffany hanyard signage is everywhere in this community you won't see a lot of stores um you see a lot of boarded up buildings but you also see a lot of billboards with her image she even had a company put up these welcome signs with her picture on them and the title super mayor cost $122,000 this vendor has not been paid wow

also you know there have been credit cards six credit cards in this community you know used by someone to purchase things on Amazon $40,000 in one day wow and she has a stylist who she's calling an assistant and using funds as well through th Township some of my investigative work found that she does have a stylus and she is paying him through Township dollars saying that he works for the Township in some other capacity but he called me and told me yes I am her stylist wow wow so she's also uh I would say very

eclectic she loves the camera she's willing to say what she thinks um has has this surprised you how much the the viewership has navig has gravitated towards this woman like people from all over the world are talking about her it's not just Chicago it's funny you should mention that I was in Alabama over the summer for a graduation and I'm walking down you know to find a seat and somebody say hey I love your coverage of Dalton I get emails from people all over yes it is a big issue and and she puts herself out

there like that because she loves I think she loves the attention here's the problem with this story though the people in this community they are losing they're the ones losing this is not a well-to-do community they can't afford any mismanagement of funds this is not Chicago and so that we can't afford it either don't mismanage my funds right a town wants attention but not this kind oftion well I need to know what are these meetings like because you were always there well the boyfriend came for you her boyfriend came for you what did that feel

like well keep in mind I was invited to this meeting on Saturday went to this meeting I was the only reporter there and her boyfriend started to attack me personally verbally verbally verb right and I stood there and I accepted everything he said directed at me at the media because I'm doing a job I'm there's a reporter I'm covering the issues covering what's happening I have not made anything up what we know is there's a federal investigation going on there are that's a fact there were three subpoenas served asking for a slew of Records Financial

records related to Tiffany henyard and her boyfriend I am just covering what is going on so I'm very transparent in what I've been doing and trying to get some answers for the Regina what will we learn in this documentary what will you learn in this documentary uh I think it's going to be an eye opener I think you're going to learn a lot about what led up to Vegas what allegedly happened in Vegas what's going on now but also about a community that wants answers and you know in an area where there's no not a

lot of media attention it was the community that brought this issue to us and backtrack a little bit about Vegas for us what happened in Vegas you took Town funds to go to Vegas or what what happened there was a taxpayer funded trip in Vegas of last year well what does she need what like why does that have to do with d Mar business I'm just wondering I mean look there are conferences that happen all over the world for Mayors to go to and what not she wanted to go there for a business conference a

conference to attract different grocery stores to that Community okay she took 13 people on the conference including her former assistant a young woman who says she was allegedly assaulted by a Doan trustee and she says she told this to Tiffany henyard the mayor of Dalton and when she told this to Tiffany she says Tiffany told her this could ruin my entire career and she was later fired and now she's filed a civil lawsuit wow how long is the dog it's an hour long but you know what you need an hour you need out this is

a story that keeps evolving keeps growing every day you learn something different and so we need to add more there's going to be a part two three four going to be a series all right thank you so much good work out there reporting beautiful yes and you can watch that on NBC chicago.com or on our app and you can also stream it on our YouTube channel yes