America's New Pandemic: Mayors!

The first time America elected a woman mayor in 1887, it was a prank!  HAHA!  GOTCHA!

From NPR:

"Kansas was years ahead of most of the country in granting women full suffrage. A prank by a few men backfired when Susanna Madora Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas, in 1887."

Now apparently the womenfolk are making up for lost time in the "running amok while running the city" department.  We're proving we can be just as terrible at any job as any man.

The woman who brought this lawsuit against the mayor was surprised that she won.  I am too.  She also said she's afraid for her safety now.  I definitely would be too.   I used to live in New Orleans.  The first day I arrived, I was warned to stay far, far away from the police.

The above pictures seem pretty self-evident.  It looks like the mayor has her boyfriend on the payroll as a bodyguard.  The pictures were taken from the citizen's home balcony.  The mayor's attempt to define that as "stalking" are laughable. 

Mayor Cantrell makes the same exact argument made by the dingbats who fought with an old man who filmed them while they were parked in the wheelchair space, because they believe they can't be photographed in public without their consent.  And the school board president who was annoyed by the lady yelling at him while he jerked off at the splash pad.  All three of them feel entitled to not be photographed while violating the law in public however they want.

It's bad enough when I see these things being screamed by drunks on bodycams, along with "I know my rights!" (They don't.)  But people in civic leadership are supposed to be educated, have integrity, and set good examples. 

New Orleans is one of the few places I've lived where the police scare me more than Chicago.  And remember, they work for Mayor Cantrell, sometimes as her bodyguard.

I know almost nothing about Oakland.  I've only been there one time.  But I can tell you Sheng Thao is going down.  'Nuff said.  The FBI raiding your house while you're under an election recall is not a witch hunt.  Those two things are completely unrelated.  Because the several other places that they had warrants for are not on the ballot.  The FBI doesn't answer to your Democratic voter base. 

During the Trump administration a hilarious narrative emerged in which the FBI are out to get Republicans!  Yes,  J. Edgar Hoover's right-wing goon squad has shifted its focus now from keeping tabs on the leftists, from all the Wile E. Coyote-type shit they tried to do to MLK and Angela Davis, to now they're after Republicans.  SURE.  They dropped spying on everybody from Occupy! and now they did a 180-degree ideology flip.  Cool story, bro.

The FBI also doesn't run calls.  They respond to credible tips.  When they have enough to get a warrant, they follow up.  They don't raid the home of a major US city's mayor just for laughs.  It hasn't happened that many times in history.  Stick a fork in your own butt, ma'am.

If Dolton, Illinois was a bigger or more famous town, Tiffany Henyard would be a staple of late-night comedy shows.  That's all.   Tiffany can see the devil horns on everybody who doesn't trust her.

"How could you stoop to private eyes, girl?  That's how come you don't believe my lies, girl." -- Will I. Am

From WGN:

"Henyard, her political committee, her cancer charity, her boyfriend, two of her relatives, four trustees who are allies, her deputy police chief and even her defunct burger business are all named in the subpoenas. The documents demand Dolton and the township turn-over payroll, expense, employment, reimbursement, credit card, travel and dozens of other records to a grand jury hearing evidence on Monday.

“You all should be ashamed of yourselves because you all are Black. You all are Black! And you all sitting up here beating and attacking a Black woman that’s in power,” Henyard yelled at trustees during a February meeting. “You all should be ashamed of yourselves.” "

In other words, "Because you are black, you should not complain when an egomaniacal black woman robs you!  Only a white person would complain about that!"

"The FBI investigation is far from the only legal problem in Dolton. The attorney hired by Henyard to defend the village in multiple lawsuits ranging from police shootings to workers’ compensation claims has withdrawn after Henyard’s opponents refused to approve his bills.  Attorney Michael Del Galdo told trustees the village may have more than $20M in liability if it fails to defend itself in court.  ...

“This administration is shameful,” declared one resident during a public comment section of the meeting.  “We are all waiting for the fall of this administration,” shouted another."

I'm adding Eric Adams in here as a runner up.  He hasn't been charged with anything, and he won't go down after being raided by the FBI.  But he's also trash.

"Adams has repeatedly denied the claims of corruption. His team said they don't believe the mayor is suspected of any wrongdoing himself.

"It's gonna run its course...there have been unfounded allegations hurled at me," he said."

But even when Eric Adams is demonstrably dead wrong, he still says he's right.  And his people back him up.  So whatever. 

My point is that I'm lucky to live in a town where my mayor is pretty good.  Because the rest of them are apparently either insane or just horribly corrupt garbage.  And the lady mayors are on track to outdo famous scumbags like Frank Rizzo and Richard J Daley at this pace.