You’ve gone down in flames, you tax-fattened hyena! (#144 in a series)

Mike the Musicologist asked me if this qualified. Technically, I’m not sure it does, as I usually reserve flaming hyenas for criminal indictments.

But this is noteworthy, and since I suspect criminal indictments are coming…

There was a Democratic primary in Cook County, Illinois, yesterday. (There may have been primaries elsewhere, but I’m not that up on Illinois politics.)

Cook County includes Dolton, home of Mayor Tiffany Henyard.

How did Tiff do?

She lost. Badly.

With 17 of 17 precincts reported and 100% of the vote counted, per the Cook County Clerk website, [Jason] House won the primary with 3,896 votes (87.91%), compared to Henyard’s 536 votes (12.09%).

I think we can call that a landslide. As a matter of fact, I think we could even call that an avalanche.

For those who are unfamiliar with Ms. Henyard…I wish there was one central source for her that wasn’t Wikipedia. She’s served one term as mayor of Dolton, and that term has been chaotic. Fights at council meetings, the town running out of money, allegations of misuse of public funds, and the list goes on and on.

I note that NBC5 Chicago has a “Dolton” tag. And an hour-long documentary about Dolton and Mayor Henyard. This is one of those stories where, just when you think it can’t get any crazier, it does.

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