Misconduct claims in Chicago suburb have residents, trustees fired up
DOLTON, Ill. -- Village leaders and residents were fired up at a special Dolton village meeting Thursday night, calling for an independent investigation and answers in the wake of several allegations of misconduct.'Something has to give,' a resident said. 'These people cannot walk around, and take our money, and treat us like crap.
The employee claimed after she told the mayor about the lawsuit, she was eventually fired.Residents wanted that unnamed trustee – who did not attend the meeting Thursday – to resign.'I don't want him sitting there representing me or my village,' A woman said.The board went a step further and called for an outside state agency to look into the entire matter.'There are terrible allegations people are aware of,' said trustee Jason House.
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