a town of 20,000 people struggling to make ends meet while their mayor racks up tens of thousands of dollars in expenses on a single trip to New York City we're talking stays at the Marriott mares in Times Square and meals at high-end restaurants all on the taxpayers dime and who could forget that Infamous $43,000 shopping spree on Amazon in just one day you have to wonder what exactly she was buying that cost so much but it doesn't stop there henyard also managed to double her income by holding two elected position simultaneously mayor of Dolton and supervisor of Thornton Township together these roles brought her a hefty salary of nearly $300,000 more than even the state's governor and it wasn't just a couple of officers sometimes it was entire squads this misuse of public resources didn't come cheap the overtime cost alone soared with some officers reportedly earning more in overtime than their base salaries