residents did not hold back expressing their anger and demanding henards resignation they accused her of lying to the public and not acting in the best interest of the community henard however continues to deflect blame maintaining that the media has been spreading false narratives about her Administration she has often positioned herself as a victim of bias coverage claiming that she is being targeted for reasons that are not rooted in her actual performance as mayor hen's response to these accusations has been to invoke themes of racial and gender discrimination suggesting the criticism she faces is a result of her being a black woman in a position of power while these issues are undeniably significant and pervasive in many areas of society henards deflection of specific serious allegations of financial mismanagement by Framing them as racial or gender attacks has left many residents feeling frustrated and unheard her refusal to answer direct questions about her administration's spending practices such as her now infamous trip to Las Vegas where she reportedly spent thousands